Quoting J.O. Aho (05-Apr-01 10:02:15):

> On 5 Apr 2001, Georges Heinesch wrote:

>> e.g. 0x80, 0x00, 0x80 (R, G, B) is black.
>>
>> Does anybody know what the upper bit is used for?

> Hmmm... doesent ti just tell that your value is a hexadecimal (0x)
> value.

Dunno what U mean ?!

Sure, it's hex, but why is 0x00 == 0x80?
For me this can only mean that the most significant bit (or bits) are
ignored or for other purpose.

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