Colormaps

Overlay colormap installation follows the X rules. If your application uses pixel-sharing overlay/underlay pairs, create a single colormap for both windows. Refer to Choosing Visuals for Overlay/Underlay Windows and Designing an Application for Portability for more on the subject of pixel-sharing pairs.

If the pair is known never to share hardware color LUTs, different colormaps can be safely assigned to the overlay and underlay window without the occurrence of colormap flashing.

To improve the portability of applications and to minimize color flashing, use colormaps with the same colors in both the overlay and underlay window colormaps. If this is not possible, use one of the visual inquiry routines to determine whether different colormaps can be assigned without producing flashing.