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authorjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2012-02-15 21:09:27 (GMT)
committerjan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net>2012-02-15 21:09:27 (GMT)
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[Bug 3486474]: Inconsistent color scaling
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@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ to use to display the color. Each \fIR\fR, \fIG\fR, or \fIB\fR
represents a single hexadecimal digit. The four forms permit
colors to be specified with 4-bit, 8-bit, 12-bit or 16-bit values.
When fewer than 16 bits are provided for each color, they represent
-the most significant bits of the color. For example, #3a7 is the
-same as #3000a0007000.
+the most significant bits of the color, while the lower unfilled
+bits will be repeatedly replicated from the available higher bits.
+For example, #3a7 is the same as #3333aaaa7777.
.PP
\fBTk_AllocColorFromObj\fR returns a pointer to
an XColor structure; the structure indicates the exact intensities of