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NAME

       get_color_depth  -  Returns the current pixel color depth. Allegro game
       programming library.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <allegro.h>

       int get_color_depth(void);

DESCRIPTION

       Returns the current pixel format. This can be very useful  to  know  in
       order  to  write  generic  functions which select a different code path
       internally depending on the color depth being used.

       Note that  the  function  returns  whatever  value  you  may  have  set
       previously  with  set_color_depth(),  which  can  be different from the
       current color depth of the screen global variable. If you  really  need
       to know the color depth of the screen, use bitmap_color_depth().

SEE ALSO

       set_color_depth(3alleg), bitmap_color_depth(3alleg), exrgbhsv(3alleg)