Are we talking EGA as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter ? Or am I missing something important? What is this palette, anyway?

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Comparison of the "ega" GIMP palette (palettes/ega.gpl) versus the actual (6-bit RGB) EGA color palette: - http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h316/Stratelier/gimp-ega-palette-wait-what_zpsl8fka8a0.png

Why does the GIMP palette contain 256 entries of only 16 colors instead of the full 64 (or even the default 16 -- where's the red, the green, the brown?) ? Why are their RGB values on a 0-252 scale instead of 0-255?

I'm wondering if this palette is simply broken, but if anyone has an explanation (or any information) I've missed I would like to know before trying to report it.

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From: strata_ranger@hotmail.com
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Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2015 23:22:06 -0700 Subject: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette

Are we talking EGA as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter ? Or am I missing something important? What is this palette, anyway?

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Thanks. I have never heard that before (and so far am unable to find any citations about it).

Now at the same time, clearly this is not the set of 16 colors by which EGA is most commonly known. Shouldn't we have a palette for that? ;)

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Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 10:21:58 -0300 Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] GIMP's "EGA" default palette From: gwidion@mpc.com.br
To: strata_ranger@hotmail.com
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On 7 September 2015 at 03:22, Richard wrote:

Are we talking EGA as in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Graphics_Adapter ? Or am I missing something important? What is this palette, anyway?

Yes.
So, as the name says, it has the 16 colors taht were hardcoded in the firmware for those adapters. That is not useful for anything today, but for having 16 highly distinguished colors - and there is the historical fun aspect of it,as you found out.

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