ZX Spectrum Attribute Explorer

Explore how the ZX Spectrum uses an 8-bit attribute value to control INK and PAPER colours, BRIGHT and FLASH within an 8×8 character cell.

INK

Red

Green

Blue

Red

Green

Blue

8 × 8 pixels

BRIGHT FLASH

Decimal: 7

Binary: 00000111

Hexadecimal: 07h

Octal: 007

ZX Spectrum Attribute Bits


                F B P P P I I I


                0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

F = FLASH B = BRIGHT P = PAPER I = INK

Last revision : 26/07/2026

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