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===Video modes===
The Dragon's main display mode is 'black on green' text (the black was, in actuality, a deeper, muddier green). The only graphics possible in this mode are quarter-tile block based.

It also has a selection of five high-resolution modes, named PMODEs 0–4, which alternate monochrome and four-colour in successively higher resolutions, culminating in the black-and-white 256×192 PMODE 4. Each mode has two possible colour palettes – these are rather garish and cause the system to fare poorly in visual comparisons with other home computers of the time. It is also impossible to use standard printing commands to print text in the graphical modes, causing software development difficulties.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brooks|first1=Phil|title=Dragon User May 1985, 'Write On!'|url=http://archive.worldofdragon.org/downloads/Magazines/Dragon%20User/1985/DragonUser_0585.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311024241/http://archive.worldofdragon.org/downloads/Magazines/Dragon%20User/1985/DragonUser_0585.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-11 |url-status=live|website=World of Dragon|publisher=Dragon User|ref=dragonuser|page=10}}</ref>

Full-colour, [[scanline]]-based 64×192 [[Semigraphics|semi-graphics]] modes are also possible, though their imbalanced resolution and programming difficulty (not being accessible via BASIC) meant they were not often utilised.