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Little bit of A, little bit of B. The sprites were also designed with CRT limitations in mind so they generally look better than they do on non-crt screens
Things like stippled dots or vertical lines especially would blur into each other making new colours or faking transparency.
Random video to demonstrate it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IthGu6Ysmpc
But if your TV was too good, you wouldn't get the effect as much.
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