Request: Color emphasis page

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Request: Color emphasis page
by on (#228396)
I noticed the wiki does not have a page dedicated to color emphasis. It's not the biggest topic, but it would be nice to have a few paragraphs describing it.

Questions:

1) What does it do on a technical level?
2) PAL vs NTSC differences.
3) Compatibility issues. Does it not work on some systems?

Some existing wiki links:

https://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/PPU ... rs#PPUMASK
https://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/NTSC_video
https://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Tal ... h_color_0D
https://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Col ... asis_games
Re: Request: Color emphasis page
by on (#228402)
Working on it presently.
Re: Request: Color emphasis page
by on (#228403)
https://wiki.nesdev.com/w/index.php/Colour_emphasis

And yes, I set up redirects for color vs. colour, as well as updated the main PPU registers page. I "re-worked" the Dendy/PAL red/green bit swap as well.

P.S. -- Were you not able to do this yourself? If you register an account, one of us here (usually Tepples, Memblers, or myself) can make it so you can edit pages. Just let us know.
Re: Request: Color emphasis page
by on (#228407)
Maybe make it clearer that color emphasis bits will not color tint xE or xF, but will color tint xD.

I know that sounds weird, because how do you tint black, right? But if you boost the brightness of a TV to full, black is more like gray.


Edit. It is stated clearly on the "NTSC video" page, so maybe my comment is redundant.
Re: Request: Color emphasis page
by on (#228415)
Thanks koitsu!!

I didn't feel knowledgeable enough to start the page myself.