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.
Lately I've been experimenting with SNES style palettes of 15-colors + transparency for my fantasy console. This is an attempt at designing a sort of "system palette," broadly inclusive of the full color spectrum. My strategy was to get as many color ramps as possible, covering each of the 6 primary and secondary colors, and gray. With black and white, each ramp other than gray has 4 entries. I tried to match colors for relatively even percieved brightness, but fudged it a bit where I thought it might help mixing between ramps.
- #minirainbow
- 15 colors
- 59 downloads
A refined version of my "Z64" palette. I've spent more time on smooth ramping, swapped out a few colours to balance the spectrum, and done a bunch of tinkering with sprite creation to get this just right. A vibrant selection intended to cover all the needs of a retro game or art project. ♥
- #jehkoba64
- 64 colors
- 13,877 downloads
Example banner with ramps and sprites for the "Jehkoba64" palette.
- by
Jehkoba
Tags: 6bit, 64, 64colors, 64colours, jehkoba, retro, classic, snes, jrpg, rich, deep, vibrant, bright, cheerful, rainbow, lgbtq, lgbtqia, lgbtqia2s
Working from my Jehkoba64 palette and trimming down to half as many colours (including transparency), this 32-colour selection is perfect for emulating early SNES-style graphics, with vibrant tones and smooth ramping. Guaranteed to satisfy that retro itch. ♥
- #jehkoba32
- 32 colors
- 5,192 downloads
Example by
Jehkoba
Tags: 5bit, 32, 32color, 32colour, 32colors, 32colours, retro, classic, snes, jrpg, zelda, fantasy, ffiv, ff4, jehkoba, vibrant, rich, charming, rainbow
This is a small collaboration between me and Polyphrog. I made the palette, he tweaked it, and he made the palette example. Hope you like it!
- #rusticrainbow
- 12 colors
- 1,080 downloads
Desaturated versions of white, black, and ROYGBP. Designed to work together nicely with a couple simple ramps.
- #desatur8
- 8 colors
- 1,253 downloads
the warmth of childhood, the wax of crayons, the creative mind, the imagining of worlds. based off of the first 8 colors of crayola crayons. made the example as chaotic as possible <3
- #imagine8
- 8 colors
- 644 downloads
A palette of soft, vibrant colors evocative of your family's old beige computer
- #nostalgos12palette
- 12 colors
- 877 downloads
A colorful and vibrant 16-color palette without browns or grays.
- #bloom16
- 16 colors
- 1,112 downloads
My go at a palette size this limited yet this colorful at the same time. Every shade's incredibly warm and cabin-y. Guarunteed success if you're drawing a tree, almost optomized around them 🤷
- #homeyhoney
- 12 colors
- 1,356 downloads
Trees by @DREAMTONEgame - by
Qirlfriend
Tags: 12, rainbow, warm, brown, qirlfriend, tree, fall, autumn, winter, gravy, honey
Basic low sat primaries and secondaries with a low contrast 3 step greyscale. This is for a game idea I'm playing around with but I liked how it tested with other things so much I decided to share it.
- #basicrabbit
- 9 colors
- 884 downloads
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