Colors

How do I change the Color of my Clothes?

In the chat window typing /col1 will bring up an applet allowing you to adjust the color of:

• 1) Shirt/hood
• 2) Pants/cape
• 3) Hair

This is of limited functionality providing only raw color values with no Alpha component.

Direct Color Commands

These colors can be accessed directly by placing a space in front of the slash and a set of three numbers afterwards representing the RGB values:

• /col1 <#1> <#2> <#3> for Shirt/Hood
• /col2 <#1> <#2> <#3> for Pants/Cape
• /col3 <#1> <#2> <#3> for Hair

The RGB numbers can range from 1-31. 31,31,31 being White and 1,1,1 being Black. (Entering 0,0,0 strangely gets green. Do not enter commas)

Shiny Colors (Alpha)

By increasing the first number (Red) by 31, an element of Shinyness (Alpha) is introduced into the color. This causes lighter areas to become brighter and shadow areas to become darker. The effect can be seen in samples. (As 1,1,1 black is essentially all guns off on a CRT, alpha has no effect on it - there is no shiny black)

Color Schema & Overflow

Astonia encodes colors in a 16‑bit value: 1 bit for Alpha (shiny), 5 bits each for Red, Green, and Blue. Each bit simply contributes either 1 or 0 to the final value, but the channel-specific weights differ:

Overflowing a channel past 31 simply “wraps” back into range. When you overflow the red value by adding 31 (for example entering 62 for the red slot), the surplus turns on the Alpha bit, giving the same base color but with the shiny component active. Any value entered over 31 is reduced by repeated subtraction/division to fit within the schema and the resulting color is displayed.

Images referenced below were captured during daylight hours from a character’s back using the exact shirt codes shown (pants remain black at 1 1 1). Use them as a baseline when experimenting with your own palettes.