Re: [PATCH 2/16] vt-pure-colors.diff

James Bruce
2007-04-01T19:00:06Z

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