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One effect of this is that in a presentation, you would likely use different colors for the same graphs, depending on whether a graph is on printed paper, or on a PowerPoint slide.
Where this is particularly prevalent is in gaming, especially if you are playing on a handheld. Take the [[Game Boy]] line, with some other systems for comparison.
* The original [[Game Boy]] had no light and a monochrome color setup. Thus almost all games were dark colors on a light background.
** This was also true with the [[Neo Geo Pocket]].
** There was, however, a short-lived Game Boy Light which came with an electro-luminicent screen; however, it was a power guzzler, and [[No Export for You|it never left Japan.]]
** There are some modern takes on this, such as with the [[Playdate (console)|Playdate]], a console with a monochrome non-backlit screen that released in ''2022''.
** There are some low cost consoles that are incapable of color, but do emit light, such as the [[Thumby (console)|Thumby]] due to the use of a monochrome OLED.
* The [[Game Boy Color]] didn't have a light, but a full color scheme. Some games were also dark on light, such as ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]''/''Crystal'' and the ports of ''[[Dragon Quest I]]'', ''[[Dragon Quest II|II]]'', and ''[[Dragon Quest III|III]]''. Other games were light on dark, particularly [[NES]] ports. Same with the [[Neo Geo Pocket]] Color. There were, however, a lot of unofficial lights that could plug in the Link Cable port.
* The [[Game Boy Advance]] has either no light (original model), a frontlight (first SP line AGS-001), or a backlight (second SP line AGS-101 and Micro). This can actually affect the contrast of the colors. No light is actually harder to see than the other systems. Front light is easy to see, but washes out all the colors a bit. Back light is most like a regular TV. Games made specifically for the GBA also had different color setups than ports from the SNES and other home systems.
** The GP32 saw a similar evolution, with an initial release with no light, a release with a front light, and a release with a backlight.
* Handhelds that always had backlights, such as the [[Atari Lynx]], [[Game Gear]], [[DS]], [[PSP]], have generally the same color setups as home console games. Unfortunately, backlit displays wash out completely in bright sunlight. At least you can see okay indoors, eh?
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* For 200% map completion in ''[[Castlevania]] [[Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance|Harmony of Dissonance]]'', you may have to switch to Game Boy Player just to see the castle map better, since it is hard to tell which rooms you've missed on the original GBA.
* ''[[Castlevania: Circle of the Moon]]'' is difficult to play on the original GBA because the colors were too dark in the beginning, and using a light accessory doesn't help.
** ''Circle of the Moon'' and its color issues are often [[
** ''[[Harmony of Dissonance]]'' attempted to correct this by having much more color saturation and giving Juste Belmont a blue glow that <s>had no plot justification whatsoever</s> is hand-waved by stating in [[All There in the Manual|the supplementary guides]] that the Belmont and Belnades bloodlines mixed sometime shortly after Castlevania I, giving Juste magical powers including the glow.
*** As an aside, this plus a nonsensical [[An Interior Designer Is You|room decoration subquest]] has resulted in Juste Belmont having a reputation as far and away the most Fabulous member of the Belmont clan.
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