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   John Ames to John Ames   
   Re: Anyone left?   
   18 Jul 25 12:06:18   
   
   From: commodorejohn@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:09:37 -0700   
   John Ames  wrote:   
      
   > > (there are, IIRC, 136 unique combinations of 16-color pixel pairs,   
   >   
   > (Though, thinking about it, there are probably fewer than 136   
   > "average" colors that these'd work out to. Should look into this   
   > sometime.)   
      
   Well, I got curious and looked into this a bit. Using the semi-canonical   
   RGBI reference colors:   
      
   (element value) = (color bit * 170) + (intensity bit * 85)   
      
   with the special case for color 6 (dark yellow/brown) where green   
   intensity is halved, and the color-averaging function:   
      
   (average) = sqrt(((a * a) + (b * b)) / 2)   
      
   I identified 122 unique "composite" colors. For cases where multiple   
   color pairs yield the same "composite" RGB value, the lowest-contrast   
   pairing has been preferred, and the subjectively brighter color is   
   kept in the left pixel to minimize luma "noise." The table, sorted by   
   approximate luminance:   
      
   Byte	RGB   
   0x00	#000000   
   0x10	#000078   
   0x11	#0000AA   
   0x40	#780000   
   0x41	#780078   
   0x44	#AA0000   
   0x51	#7800AA   
   0x80	#3C3C3C   
   0x54	#AA0078   
   0x81	#3C3C86   
   0x55	#AA00AA   
   0x20	#007800   
   0x60	#783C00   
   0x90	#3C3CB4   
   0x91	#3C3CD9   
   0x48	#863C3C   
   0x21	#007878   
   0x61	#783C78   
   0x88	#555555   
   0x64	#AA3C00   
   0x31	#0078AA   
   0x58	#863C86   
   0x49	#863CB4   
   0xC0	#B43C3C   
   0x68	#86553C   
   0x98	#5555BE   
   0x65	#AA3C78   
   0x22	#00AA00   
   0x59	#863CD9   
   0x66	#AA5500   
   0x28	#3C863C   
   0xC1	#B43C86   
   0x99	#5555FF   
   0x24	#787800   
   0xC4	#D93C3C   
   0xD0	#B43CB4   
   0x69	#8655B4   
   0x38	#3C8686   
   0x32	#00AA78   
   0xD1	#B43CD9   
   0x26	#788600   
   0xC5	#D93C86   
   0xC8	#BE5555   
   0x29	#3C86B4   
   0x33	#00AAAA   
   0x25	#787878   
   0xD4	#D93CB4   
   0x39	#3C86D9   
   0xC6	#D9553C   
   0xD5	#D93CD9   
   0x35	#7878AA   
   0x36	#788678   
   0xC9	#BE55BE   
   0xA0	#3CB43C   
   0x78	#868686   
   0x74	#AA7878   
   0xD6	#D955B4   
   0xD9	#BE55FF   
   0xCC	#FF5555   
   0xA1	#3CB486   
   0xC2	#B4863C   
   0x75	#AA78AA   
   0x76	#AA8678   
   0x79	#8686D9   
   0xB0	#3CB4B4   
   0xA8	#55BE55   
   0xC3	#B48686   
   0xDC	#FF55BE   
   0xB1	#3CB4D9   
   0x72	#78AA78   
   0xA2	#3CD93C   
   0xA4	#86B43C   
   0xD2	#B486B4   
   0x73	#78AAAA   
   0xDD	#FF55FF   
   0xD3	#B486D9   
   0xA6	#86BE3C   
   0xA9	#55BEBE   
   0x7C	#D98686   
   0xA3	#3CD986   
   0xA5	#86B486   
   0xB2	#3CD9B4   
   0xB9	#55BEFF   
   0xB4	#86B4B4   
   0xE0	#B4B43C   
   0x7D	#D986D9   
   0x77	#AAAAAA   
   0xB3	#3CD9D9   
   0xB5	#86B4D9   
   0xB6	#86BEB4   
   0xE1	#B4B486   
   0xE4	#D9B43C   
   0xAC	#BEBE55   
   0xF0	#B4B4B4   
   0xA7	#86D986   
   0xE6	#D9BE3C   
   0xF1	#B4B4D9   
   0xAA	#55FF55   
   0xE5	#D9B486   
   0xE2	#B4D93C   
   0xAD	#BEBEBE   
   0xF4	#D9B4B4   
   0xB7	#86D9D9   
   0xF5	#D9B4D9   
   0xE3	#B4D986   
   0xBA	#55FFBE   
   0xF6	#D9BEB4   
   0xBD	#BEBEFF   
   0xEC	#FFBE55   
   0xF2	#B4D9B4   
   0xBB	#55FFFF   
   0xF3	#B4D9D9   
   0xE7	#D9D986   
   0xED	#FFBEBE   
   0xEA	#BEFF55   
   0xFD	#FFBEFF   
   0xF7	#D9D9D9   
   0xEB	#BEFFBE   
   0xFB	#BEFFFF   
   0xEE	#FFFF55   
   0xFE	#FFFFBE   
   0xFF	#FFFFFF   
      
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