.\" Generated by the Allegro makedoc utility
.TH color_map 3alleg4 "version 4.4.2" "Allegro" "Allegro manual"
.SH NAME
color_map \- Global pointer to the color mapping table. Allegro game programming library.\&
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <allegro.h>

.sp
.B extern COLOR_MAP *color_map;
.SH DESCRIPTION
Global pointer to the color mapping table. You must allocate your own
COLOR_MAP either statically or dynamically and set color_map to it 
before using any translucent or lit drawing functions in a 256-color 
video mode! Example:

.nf
   color_map = malloc(sizeof(COLOR_MAP));
   if (!color_map)
      abort_on_error("Not enough memory for color map!");
.fi

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR create_color_table (3alleg4),
.BR create_light_table (3alleg4),
.BR create_trans_table (3alleg4),
.BR create_blender_table (3alleg4),
.BR set_trans_blender (3alleg4),
.BR draw_trans_sprite (3alleg4),
.BR draw_lit_sprite (3alleg4),
.BR draw_gouraud_sprite (3alleg4),
.BR drawing_mode (3alleg4),
.BR ex3d (3alleg4),
.BR excolmap (3alleg4),
.BR exlights (3alleg4),
.BR exshade (3alleg4),
.BR extrans (3alleg4)