C64 colouring
The C64 can display 16 colours. These colours can be set by using POKE commands to set the colour of the background, text, and sprites.
Colour codes
| Colour name | POKE | key | HEX colour |
|---|
| Black | 0 | CTRL + 1 | #000000 |
| White | 1 | CTRL + 2 | #FFFFFF |
| Red | 2 | CTRL + 3 | #880000 |
| Cyan | 3 | CTRL + 4 | #AAFFEE |
| Violet / purple | 4 | CTRL + 5 | #CC44CC |
| Green | 5 | CTRL + 6 | #00CC55 |
| Blue | 6 | CTRL + 7 | #0000AA |
| Yellow | 7 | CTRL + 8 | #EEEE77 |
| Orange | 8 | C= + 1 | #DD8855 |
| Brown | 9 | C= + 2 | #664400 |
| Light red | 10 | C= + 3 | #FF7777 |
| Dark grey / grey 1 | 11 | C= + 4 | #333333 |
| Grey 2 | 12 | C= + 5 | #777777 |
| Light green | 13 | C= + 6 | #AAFF66 |
| Light blue | 14 | C= + 7 | #0088FF |
| Light grey / grey 3 | 15 | C= + 8 | #BBBBBB |
Adresses for colours
| Address | Description |
|---|
| 646 | Text |
| 53280 | Border (screenframe) |
| 53281 | Background |
| 53287 | Sprite 0 |
| 53288 | Sprite 1 |
| 53289 | Sprite 2 |
| 53290 | Sprite 3 |