diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/SDL/video_sdl2.cpp b/BasiliskII/src/SDL/video_sdl2.cpp
index 578b3518..0a5f69b4 100644
--- a/BasiliskII/src/SDL/video_sdl2.cpp
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/SDL/video_sdl2.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ public:
 	// Called by the video driver to set the color palette (in indexed modes)
 	virtual void set_palette(uint8 *pal, int num) = 0;
 	
-	// Called by the video driver to set the gamma table (in direct modes)
+	// Called by the video driver to set the gamma table
 	virtual void set_gamma(uint8 *gamma, int num) = 0;
 };
 
diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/include/video.h b/BasiliskII/src/include/video.h
index 208881ba..fe4404ef 100644
--- a/BasiliskII/src/include/video.h
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/include/video.h
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ private:
 	// Set palette to 50% gray
 	void set_gray_palette(void);
 
-	// Load gamma-corrected black-to-white ramp to palette for direct-color mode
-	void load_ramp_palette(void);
+	// Load gamma-corrected black-to-white ramp
+	void load_gamma_ramp(void);
 
 	// Allocate gamma table of specified size
 	bool allocate_gamma_table(int size);
@@ -250,8 +250,10 @@ public:
 	virtual void switch_to_current_mode(void) = 0;
 
 	// Called by the video driver to set the color palette (in indexed modes)
-	// or the gamma table (in direct modes)
 	virtual void set_palette(uint8 *pal, int num) = 0;
+	
+	// Called by the video driver to set the gamma table
+	virtual void set_gamma(uint8 *gamma, int num) = 0;
 };
 
 // Vector of pointers to available monitor descriptions, filled by VideoInit()
diff --git a/BasiliskII/src/video.cpp b/BasiliskII/src/video.cpp
index 3b46864e..bd78fdbd 100644
--- a/BasiliskII/src/video.cpp
+++ b/BasiliskII/src/video.cpp
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ void monitor_desc::set_gray_palette(void)
 
 
 /*
- *  Load gamma-corrected black-to-white ramp to palette for direct-color mode
+ *  Load gamma-corrected black-to-white ramp
  */
 
-void monitor_desc::load_ramp_palette(void)
+void monitor_desc::load_gamma_ramp(void)
 {
 	// Find tables for gamma correction
 	uint8 *red_gamma = NULL, *green_gamma = NULL, *blue_gamma = NULL;
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ void monitor_desc::load_ramp_palette(void)
 		*p++ = blue;
 	}
 
-	set_palette(palette, num);
+	set_gamma(palette, num);
 }
 
 
@@ -354,8 +354,7 @@ int16 monitor_desc::set_gamma_table(uint32 user_table)
 		Mac2Mac_memcpy(gamma_table, user_table, size);
 	}
 
-	if (IsDirectMode(*current_mode))
-		load_ramp_palette();
+	load_gamma_ramp();
 
 	return noErr;
 }
@@ -636,8 +635,7 @@ int16 monitor_desc::driver_control(uint16 code, uint32 param, uint32 dce)
 				pat = ~pat;
 			}
 
-			if (IsDirectMode(*current_mode))
-				load_ramp_palette();
+			load_gamma_ramp();
 
 			return noErr;
 		}