The ZX Spectrum 48K had 8 colours
You could double that to 16 by using the "half-bright" option, though of course half-bright black is still black. So, essentially, there are 15 colours.
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Wed 25 Aug 2010, 10:48,
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I can't believe I rephrased what I was going to say - "The two blacks both look the same"
to avoid this response.
Humph
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Wed 25 Aug 2010, 11:08,
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Humph
haha
but as I recall, the extra option was simply 'bright' rather than 'half-bright' I remember the bright-black option being mocked even back in the early 80s
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Wed 25 Aug 2010, 11:13,
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You are indeed correct - it was "normal" and "bright"
/nostalgias
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