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, or a palette from our Rejected Palettes list.
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
- 142 downloads
- #cc29
- 29 colors
- 43,581 downloads
A 1bit palette for old-looking games etched onto pixellated parchment
- #pixelinkpalette
- 2 colors
- 1,810 downloads
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.
- #macpaintpalette
- 2 colors
- 754 downloads
A gloomy, muted palette. Ideal for creating a somber atmosphere.
- #bastille8
- 8 colors
- 1,197 downloads
Example by
Antho24
Example by
Julian Smith
Tags: artist, blue, dark, desaturated, limited, monoramp, fantasy, cool, simple, grey, monochrome, gray
This palette is a simple 13 color palette. All the colors are more desaturated and work well together. It's my favorite palette I've made! I'm going to use it for a game!
- #rad13
- 13 colors
- 1,154 downloads
It’s 4:37 a.m.
You’ve just woke up and the sun hasn’t even made an intention of rising. Going back to bed is impossible.
You feel your stomach complaining, announcing a dooming morning starvation, but the drowsiness is such you can barely move. You look for the easiest thing to cook. You make soft-boiled eggs.
Jokes apart, this 3 color palette is meant to be simple and fulfilling, just like eggs. Whatever you are not able to do with it, rely on negative spaces and context assumption to fill in the blanks.
- #softboiled
- 3 colors
- 523 downloads
A very simple 4 colour palette. I use the dark and bright colours for main 1-bit structures and the blue/teal and orange for accents
- #baldurneondarkness
- 4 colors
- 399 downloads
Singularity is a simple, easy to use 4 color palette. It's also one of the palettes I'm using for my new, ASCII inspired series of wallpapers. Black and white for contrast; red for objects of importance; green for detailing.
- #singularity
- 4 colors
- 313 downloads
From my asset pack Chroma Noir.
- #chromanoir
- 22 colors
- 538 downloads
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