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The Lospec Palette List is a database of palettes for pixel art. We include both palettes that originate from old hardware that could only display a few colors, as well as palettes created by pixel artists specifically for making art. All palettes can be downloaded and imported into your pixelling software of choice (learn how). You can also try a our palette of the day or a random palette.
Created by Polyducks
1bit monitor glow - a bold, punchy 1-bit palette by Polyducks for making art with two colours. A mildly cyan black with a mildly green white - the contrast helps the colours ping.
Created by Doph
A cool off-white and a warm off-black to evoke the pages of a manga magazine.
Created by Polyducks
A 1bit palette for old-looking games etched onto pixellated parchment
Created by Cheeseismysoul
Noire truth is a 1-bit palette that asks questions. Questions like why are you not using Noire truth yet. The white is stained with your afternoon coffee; the blue-black is the combination of your two favourite pen inks. You mixed them to save the time of choosing. you need to save all the time you can. After all, you want to retire soon, right?
Submitted by PureAsbestos
The palette used in the game Return of the Obra Dinn when using the "IBM 8503" monitor setting.
A ship drifting along the horizon. - by Casei Solus
Created by Poltergasm
A warm 1bit color palette consisting of Black/blue and Yellow
Example by Poltergasm
Created by Polyducks
Sampled from a genuine Apple Macintosh CRT in 2021, it uses the light blue and faded black to carry 1bit art in the closest you can get to looking at an Apple Macintosh screen's colours without sitting in front of one. Take note that the colours are sampled from a daylight photograph of actual hardware then manually adjusted to best match the image, and is thus a representation of how the art displays as opposed to how it's recorded in software (which definitely would've been true black or white). Anyone has permission to use this palette for any purpose.
Created by Yelta
It is hard to make neutral palettes with color. Sometimes, there is just no color that fits the right vibe and you're better off with Black and White. After a lot of research and analysis, I figured dark green with a hint of blue to be the the second best option there. Grayscale Value Difference: 74 ; Cielab Brightness: 61
Created by Kuroi
so this palete was inspired by PAPERBACK-2 pallete but theirs a twist this pallete is based on alcahol markers the thing that manga artist use for their covers
Submitted by PureAsbestos
The classic 1-bit palette. Pure black and white has been used for art, text, and more since the dawn of graphical computing.
A love letter to classic keyboard and mouse. - by Casei Solus
Tags: 1bitblackandwhite, 1bit, blackandwhite, black, white, gray, grey
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