| Date | Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:39:24 -0400 | From | James Bruce <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/16] vt-pure-colors.diff |
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Jan Engelhardt wrote: > Have the Linux kernel set a new VGA palette for the first 16 colors. > The new values reduce the saturation (white component) and therefore > increase contrast. <snip>
While the patch seems fine, this comment is not correct. The patch is decreasing the *brightness* in order to *increase* saturation. Saturation[1] is the deepness of a color, not the white component (brightness, lightness).
- Jim Bruce
[1] http://www.poynton.com/notes/colour_and_gamma/ColorFAQ.html#RTFToC6 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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