default_palette(3alleg4)

📦 version 4.4.3.1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 default_palette — bestie, it's the palette 💖

okay so you're reading the default_palette(3alleg4) page from the Allegro manual, and honestly? this one is a whole vibe. it's short, it's iconic, it's giving "the palette that was always there for you". let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

default_palette — the default IBM BIOS palette, brought to you by the Allegro game programming library. the blueprint palette, fr fr 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro.h>

extern PALETTE default_palette;

that's it. that's the whole thing. one lil extern, living its best life 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so default_palette is the default IBM BIOS palette, no cap. it's the moment. it's the blueprint. 👑

here's the tea: this palette gets automatically selected whenever you set a new graphics mode. like, you don't even have to ask — Allegro just hands it to you. main character behaviour, honestly. 🦋

and what's inside? okay so:

  • 16 basic colors — the classics, the icons, the originals ⭐
  • plus many gradients between them — so many lil in-between shades, it's giving ✨ gradient era ✨ 🌈

if you're nosy (respectfully) and you wanna see the values, you've got two options bestie:

  1. write a small Allegro program which saves a screenshot with this palette 📸
  2. or open the grabber tool provided with Allegro and create a new palette object — which will use this palette by default. no setup needed, it just knows. 💫
lowkey the easiest way to peek at the values is just letting the tools do it for you. go off, grabber tool 🎀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read those too, bestie, you're on a roll 📚💖

and that's the page!! this was Allegro version 4.4.3, mwah 💋 thanks for scrolling all the way down, you're literally the best. now go set a graphics mode and let default_palette do its thing 🌸✨💅

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