The relationship between colour selection sequences and the resulting colours for several ribbon cassettes is shown in the following table:

 

selected colour

magenta, cyan,

red, green, blue,

3 black, red ribbon

 

 

yellow, black ribbon

black ribbon

 

 

black

black

 

black

black

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

red

red *)

 

red

red

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

green

green **)

 

green

****)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yellow

yellow

 

green

****)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue

blue ***)

 

blue

****)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

magenta

magenta

 

red

red

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cyan

cyan

 

blue

****)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

the red is made from yellow + magenta

}two-pass print is automatically executed

**

the green is made from yellow + cyan

***the blue is made from magenta + cyan

****Sequence is ignored

Example

10 REM

colour selection

 

20

LPRINT

CHR$(27);"r";CHR$(5);

 

30

LPRINT

"this is written with red colour"

 

40

LPRINT

CHR$(27);"r";CHR$(3);

 

50

LPRINT "this is written with blue colour"

 

60

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