Colour

[Nonsense in BASIC]

Can somebody just clear up the COLOUR command for me please.

I get COLOUR 27 is red paper and white background for example but how do you set FLASH and BRIGHT?

[Jonathan Cauldwell]

COLOUR is FLASH * 128 + BRIGHT * 64 + PAPER * 8 + INK.

Red on a white background is 7 (white) * 8 + 2 (red) = 58. To make it bright, add 64 (=122). To flash, add 128 (=186).

White on red is 2 * 8 + 7 = 23. Add 64 for bright = 87, or 128 for flash = 151.

That's assuming you're not using the ULAplus.