The state of the graphics library is retained in the graphics context data structure. The default state attributes are listed in the following table.
| Attribute | default value |
| Display mode | Color map |
| Draw buffer | front |
| Back buffer | undefined |
| Zbuffer | disabled |
| Dithering | disabled |
| Font | large vector font |
| Lighting | disabled |
| Shade Model | flat |
| Foging | disabled |
| Cull face | disabled |
| Clear color | (0,0,0) |
| Clear index | 0 |
| Matrix mode | EZ_MODELVIEW |