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+---
+title: "Color palette on Game Boy Color and Advance"
+date: 2020-09-15T21:45:00+02:00
+authors:
+  - robert-kaussow
+tags:
+  - Gaming
+  - Hardware
+resources:
+  - name: feature
+    src: "images/feature.jpg"
+    params:
+      anchor: Center
+      credits: >
+        [Lorenzo Herrera](https://unsplash.com/@lorenzoherrera) on
+        [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gameboy)
+  - name: color-palette
+    src: "images/color-palette-example.jpg"
+    title: Comparison between default color (left) and gray scale (right).
+---
+
+In my last article about [modernizing a Game Boy Advance](/posts/modernize-a-game-boy-advance/), one of my complaints was the ugly color display of old Game Boy Classic games and I thought about buying an additional Game Boy Classic. But first I wanted to check if there was a mod for the Game Boy Advance to fix this problem.
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+<!--more-->
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+Well, what I found out after a short research was mind-blowing for me! The gorgeous engineers at Nintendo had already integrated a function into the Game Boy Color and the Game Boy Advance to choose between [12 color profiles](https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/gameboyadvance/colorchange.jsp).
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+| Color                                                                                             | Shortcut  |
+| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------- |
+| BROWN <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#fac08f" /></svg>      | UP        |
+| BLUE <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#8db3e2" /></svg>       | LEFT      |
+| PASTEL <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#e5e0ec" /></svg>     | DOWN      |
+| GREEN <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#76923c" /></svg>      | RIGHT     |
+| RED <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#c0504d" /></svg>        | UP + A    |
+| DARK BLUE <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#366092" /></svg>  | LEFT + A  |
+| ORANGE <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#f79646" /></svg>     | DOWN + A  |
+| DARK GREEN <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#4f6128" /></svg> | RIGHT + A |
+| DARK BROWN <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#974806" /></svg> | UP + B    |
+| GRAY SCALE <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#bfbfbf" /></svg> | LEFT + B  |
+| YELLOW <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#ffe694" /></svg>     | DOWN + B  |
+| NEGATIVE <svg width="20" height="12"><rect width="20" height="12" style="fill:#ffffff" /></svg>   | RIGHT + B |
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+{{< img name="color-palette" >}}
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+Today I learned about a great feature that I've never known in all the years of my childhood. But there is still a small downside: Changing the color palette works only for GB classic games.

content/posts/modernize-a-game-boy-advance/index.md

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 - To buy original Game Boy games could be a real challenge these days. I'm not really surprised about the prices, especially for rare games but there seems to be a lot fake games or replications out there. If you want to go with replications to save a bit money is up to you but if you just want authentic/original cartridges you have to be very careful.
 
-- While I really love playing all GBA and GBC games with the GBA, I don't really like the look of the classic GB games because of the ugly color scheme. This has nothing to do with the IPS screen directly, as far as I remember, this was already the case with the original GBC and GBA. The color scheme of some games really hurts my eyes and makes it almost impossible to play them. Maybe I still need a Game Boy classic after all.
+- While I really love playing all GBA and GBC games with the GBA, I don't really like the look of the classic GB games because of the ugly color scheme. This has nothing to do with the IPS screen directly, as far as I remember, this was already the case with the original GBC and GBA. The color scheme of some games really hurts my eyes and makes it almost impossible to play them. ~~Maybe I still need a Game Boy classic after all.~~ There is already a [solution](/posts/color-palette-on-gbc-and-gba/)!