ok glad the gray thing is gonna get changed but that was mostly a minor complaint tbh. most of my issue was being confused about how transparency functioned.
Is it just supposed to be puzzled out somehow that while the documentation is like "yep 1+47 colors/patterns!" and the palettes in the toolbar list 48 things... #47 can't be drawn by normal means, and to switch between drawing #0 and #32 you need to change something in the view menu (a menu labelled View because it changes how i view things, not what they are), and when that menu item is ticked there is zero intended indication on the palette that you're not drawing in a different color?
like idk much about UI, but maybe add a palette item for all the colors you can draw in?
like i'm sure you're both used to how this works and it all makes sense to you (and i understand it's a personal project, not trying to say you owe anyone anything) but it's confusing as heck for new folks!
(i will try the toolbars on the side too btw, i appreciate that tip!)