[metapost] defaultcolormodel

[Taco Hoekwater]

On 07/08/2011 12:01 AM, Stephan Hennig wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm wondering what the meaning of variable defaultcolormodel is.  The
> manual is rather terse (p.28):
>
>    The ‘current default’ color model can be set up using the internal
>    variable defaultcolormodel.  Table 2 lists the valid values.
>
> Well, variable defaultcolormodel determines the colour space of the
> black ink that is used for drawing and filling strokes, i.e., whether 0,
> (0,0,0) or (0,0,0,1) is written into the output.

Yes.

> Is there anything else that is affected by defaultcolormodel?

No, I think not.

Best wishes,
Taco