#CGAPrints update: Release Candidate 1? I took some time today to test-print a couple of colours that arrived this week, and they seem pretty close. This is the first time I've compared a full batch against colours on a real screen - what do you think?
All 16 colours are different brands and types of PLA, so given access to the complete palette, basically every printer should be capable of making some form or other of CGA pixel art.
This will be another super long-term project, but here's my proper inaugural #CGAPrints post. I'm seeking out 3D printing filaments to match the original 16-colour palette from IBM's Color Graphics Adapter (CGA), so I can eventually make some pretty #retrogaming art.
This is dark red, represented by eSUN's Fire Engine Red PLA, and light blue, which is Tecor Blue-Grey PLA+. These choices may change as I find and test more colours, but we'll see - I have more coming this week! #3dprinting
#CGAPrints update 1: eSUN purple, and Bambu white and yellow. The yellow is a temporary placeholder as it's definitely not pale enough for the CGA palette - I've seen a couple of different brands sell a "lemon yellow" which looks like it might do, so that's on the shopping list for later. #3dprinting
#CGAPrints update 2, and the first elimination-by-comparison. Bambu's plain black, brown and grey have joined the party - I also tried their silver, which has a pretty sheen to it, but that also makes it a bit unpredictable in brightness, so plain grey wins out here.
The brown is also tentative - it comes down to combining well with others, which will take time to gather. I have one more colour coming before the new year, then some other projects will take priority for a bit. #3dprinting