That's what you'll get with Apple II composite in most of the color graphics modes. In the IIgs they chose compatibility with the II position/color encoding on the composite output over readability. There are a few dozen people on the list that can exaplain Apple II graphics better than I, but to make a long story short, it's a brilliant bit of engineering when you have a limited components budget and limited memory, but compatibility is a bit confining. Run a decent Apple II emulator and you'll probably see the same "distorted" image. If you want better, you'll need to use the RGB output or stick with the monochrome modes. Even if you convert the RGB into composite it might be a win over the built in composite. Eric