24 bit color mode

24 bit color mode is exclusive to Tundradraw. This mode allows 16.7 million colors for both background and foreground colors. This amount of flexibility is unprecidented in the textmode artwork world because it has never been done before.

Other editors such as ArtWorx by Hooptie have extended the color palette to use 24 bit colors, however, they were still restricted to a measely 16 foreground and 16 background slots for those colors.

Tundradraw has no such limitations. Artists are free to use as many colors as they desire without worrying about running out of room on the palette. Tundradraw saves the palette with every file so you will always have your colors available in your work.

Figure 4.6: Standard 4bit color palette vs. 24bit color palette - The textmode artwork world will never be the same.

This is your brain on 4bit:

This is your brain on 24 bit:

Any questions?

Now we're talking! You can pick any color you want, dragging around the crosshair to adjust, or enter in the numbers for the RGB or HSV indexes and click "Add to Custom Colors". This will save your colors to the "Custom colors" section of the color picker, and Tundradraw will remember them when you save and reload your work. Awesome!