Jan Engelhardt wrote:
Have the Linux kernel set a new VGA palette for the first 16 colors.
The new values reduce the saturation (white component) and therefore
increase contrast.
<snip>

While the patch seems fine, this comment is not correct. The patch is decreasing the *brightness* in order to *increase* saturation. Saturation[1] is the deepness of a color, not the white component (brightness, lightness).

 - Jim Bruce

[1] http://www.poynton.com/notes/colour_and_gamma/ColorFAQ.html#RTFToC6
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