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.

Soft4
New

Created by Drapek

Soft4 - a four-color palette of cool, muted greys, from soft off-white to deep midnight blue.

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2 comments

#soft4
4 colors
71 downloads

Example by Drapek

Tags: 2bit, retro, soft, simple

Sealed Cavern
New

Created by SecondEpoch8

Careful - there could be anything down here. This combination of seal brown & fallow offers an alternative to the classic black & gold combo that's a bit easier on the eyes.. for all your late night 1-bit dungeon crawling.

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0 comments

#sealedcavern
2 colors
52 downloads

screenshots taken from mobygames.com : Beyond Dark Castle (Silicon Beach Software, 1987)

Tags: seal, brown, gold, earthtones, soft, lowcontrast, 1bit, dungeoncrawler

curiosities

Created by sukinapan

A soft palette, small but with some variation across hues.

1611

1610

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6 comments

#curiositiespalette
6 colors
14,786 downloads

Example by sukinapan
Example by jumbledFox
💛 Timelapse in my YouTube & Instagram (link in bio) - by Interprete Pixel
haha desktop go brrr - by Matt Tereshkov
Day 276 from BasePaint via Jude Buffum - by Jude Buffum

Tags: pink, green, soft, pastel, cute

NOPAL-12

Created by BurakoIRL

Based on C̶̵̴̴̷̵̷̡̨̣͎̱̰̥͇̥̋̑͑̓͊̎̆̽̅͝͠ͅ ̸̵̴̴̶̴̪̳͔̞̬̥͇̲̣̓̍͊̇͌͐̽̑͘͝Ą̴̴̷̶̷̵̹̭̮̹̗̜̽̀͆͗͐̈́̈́̀͠ ̴̵̶̴̶̸̹͔̼̦͉̻̰̤͓̹̈̓̀̈̎͂͂̍̔͘C̶̶̸̵̴̴̢̢͍͕͎͙̗̗̘̪͑͌̉̓̈́͑̀̈̂͝ ̶̴̴̵̵̸̷̡̻̳̫̻̣̺̦͔̠̗̎̋̉͆̆̀͐̽̿̑ͅT̸̶̶̷̷̸̶̛̲̣̘̜̱̦̹͈̪̳̭͂͋͗̽̀̀̑͋͝ ̸̶̸̷̶̨̨̬̤̬̻͋͐̈́̒̃̑̌͝Ǔ̵̷̶̸̸̶̢̡̘̙̫̥̼̼̯̒̇̄̃͐́̈́̈̚̚ ̸̶̸̸̷̵̻̭͓̠͓̦̮̘̤́̎̎͂͐̈́̅̀́͒ͅS̸̸̷̷̴̖̯̞̼͙̯̟̫̾̐͑͐̐

1021

1020

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9 comments

#nopal12
12 colors
9,929 downloads

Palette usage example by BlackedIRL.

Tags: artist, blackedirl, pixelart, nopal, cactus, 12color, zen, soft, pink, green, yellow, limited

comfy52

Created by bess

Wide range of colors with the focus on stylized landscape and character design.

796

795

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24 comments

#comfy52
52 colors
18,183 downloads

Example by bess
PixelJoint Animal Atlas collab

Tags: nature, character, soft, warm, comfy, 52, comfy52, bess

Fairydust 8

Created by Yousurname

A pastel color palette with 8 colors that covers a range of hues.

779

778

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8 comments

#fairydust8
8 colors
6,669 downloads

Example by Yousurname
Pixel art fruits doing yoga from Day 896 of BasePaint via The Pixel Artist AKA Jude Buffum - by Jude Buffum

Tags: pastel, soft, pink, blue, fairy, colorful, light

Dno't Froget

Created by sukinapan

a pinkish palette with a touch of lavender

576

575

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4 comments

#dnotfroget
6 colors
4,647 downloads

Example by sukinapan
Example by Jess ♡
💛 I'm using the same image to test multiple palettes. The original one (which has a timelapse video) can be found in "Curiosities" palette. - by Interprete Pixel