From 391833f8c611a206ed8d3f8483356a42e9890aa9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: user <user@clank>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:31:27 +0200
Subject: term: dark mode - black background, white text (OSK highlight inverts
 to match)

---
 src/osk.asm  | 11 ++++++-----
 src/term.asm | 18 +++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/osk.asm b/src/osk.asm
index 609f6be..f5d99ac 100644
--- a/src/osk.asm
+++ b/src/osk.asm
@@ -68,16 +68,17 @@ osk_disp:
 ; starts disabled.
 ; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 osk_init::
-    ; CGB BG palette 1 = inverted: color0 black, color1 white
+    ; CGB BG palette 1 = inverse of the dark terminal palette 0: color0 white,
+    ; color1 black - the highlighted OSK key reads as light-on-dark's opposite
     ld a, $88                   ; BCPS index 8 (palette 1, color 0), auto-inc
     ld [rBCPS], a
-    xor a
-    ld [rBCPD], a
-    ld [rBCPD], a               ; c0 = $0000 black
     ld a, $FF
     ld [rBCPD], a
     ld a, $7F
-    ld [rBCPD], a               ; c1 = $7FFF white
+    ld [rBCPD], a               ; c0 = $7FFF white
+    xor a
+    ld [rBCPD], a
+    ld [rBCPD], a               ; c1 = $0000 black
 
     ; build the key tiles (no cursor underline)
     xor a
diff --git a/src/term.asm b/src/term.asm
index 64e45aa..099ca0a 100644
--- a/src/term.asm
+++ b/src/term.asm
@@ -53,20 +53,24 @@ term_init::
     ld [rSCX], a
     ld [rSCY], a
 
-    ; BG palette 0: color0 = white (bg), color1 = black (text)
+    ; BG palette 0: color0 = black (bg), color1 = white (text) - dark terminal
     ld a, $80
     ld [rBCPS], a
-    ld a, $FF
-    ld [rBCPD], a
-    ld a, $7F
-    ld [rBCPD], a
     xor a
     ld [rBCPD], a
+    ld [rBCPD], a               ; c0 = $0000 black (background)
+    ld a, $FF
     ld [rBCPD], a
+    ld a, $7F
+    ld [rBCPD], a               ; c1 = $7FFF white (text)
+    ld a, $FF
     ld [rBCPD], a
+    ld a, $7F
+    ld [rBCPD], a               ; c2 = white
+    ld a, $FF
     ld [rBCPD], a
-    ld [rBCPD], a
-    ld [rBCPD], a
+    ld a, $7F
+    ld [rBCPD], a               ; c3 = white
 
     ; state: assign[sr]=sr, cursor at 0,0 (on)
     ld hl, wAssign
-- 
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