Commodore Amiga - Figure 3-3 How Bit-Planes Select a Color

One Pixel
Bit-Plane 5
Bit-Plane 4
Bit-Plane 3
Bits
from
Planes
5,4,3,2,1
00000
00001
00010
00011
00100
11000
11001
11010
11011
11100
11101
11110
11111
Figure 3-3: How Bit-planes Select a Color
Color Registers
Values in the highest numbered bit-plane have the highest significance in the binary
number. As shown in figure 3-4,
the value in each pixel in the highest-numbered bit-
plane forms
the leftmost digit of the number. The value in the next highest-numbered
bit-plane forms the next bit, and so on.
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