BS> I don't understand this palette stuff at all.  I'm running 256 
BS> colour, butit often seems that I am still restricted to 16 colours, 
BS> e.g. the screen
BS> main background may be one of 256, but the background colour for text
BS> written over that background seems to find the "nearest of 16" 
BS> colour.
I 'think' that the text defaults to the nearest 'named' color-"clsilver" or 
"clteal" for example.  If you look at the list, I think you'll discover about 
32-40 unique 'named' colors.  But I could be wrong. 
 
derek
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