Is there something wrong with my Workbench 45.3?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

What color screenmode are you running it in?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

FullPalette is great. It's what I've used for years. Check out this pretty neat guide, which mentions it:

http://www.mfilos.com/2012/01/guide-making-workbench-prettier-using.html?m=1

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

You're using UAE, so try changing your screenmode from 256 colors to something higher - like a 16-bit or 24-bit screenmode.  Even still it will probably look pretty similar - I don't know if the basic Workbench Palette tool was ever written to take advantage of more than 256 color screenmode.  It's 3am local time here, but I can check my setup tomorrow to see how it compares.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Eh?

My Windows 7 is already 32-bit 1080p.
My WinUAE config for Workbench is A4000/060 with AGA at most. How am I supposed to get more colours from Workbench?

Eh?

You're running WinUAE, you're not limited to standard Amiga screenmodes (i.e., AGA).

Emulate a 16-bit or 24-bit screenmode to increase you're color depth and see if it gives you smoother gradients.  If I understand correctly from your picture of the color palette wheel, that's what you think you're missing, yes?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

SUCCESS!

Finally managed to install Picasso96 drivers and get WinUAE to work with them, all on my tod!

I've included a picture of my playing around with a 24-bit Amiga display, and I'm quite impressed by the speed, amongst other things! And finally, the Palette Preferences are finally working as they should! The Amiga is truly unfettered when it comes to 24-bit colour, and it's just a shame Commodore never finished a full 24-bit chipset, not one that was sold commercially, anyway. Yes, the Video Toaster (I think) is 24-bit, but not many home users got a chance to play with it. I'm just glad that the option of True Colour Workbench is open to us, via WinUAE. It's been fun!

LOL.  Where Commodore screwed up, many third party companies were able to shine.  But it sure would have been nice if they'd stopped faffing around long enough to include native 24-bit graphics displays in the system.  Alas, AAA!  

FYI, if you don't have it already the latest version of Picasso96 can be downloaded here:  http://lilliput.amiga-projects.net/Picasso96.htm

Also FYI, the Video Toaster was a good many things, but it didn't provide a 24-bit Workbench.  For that you'd need one of the various graphics cards available at the time (or one of the newly designed homebrew ones).  Cheers, glad you got it working!