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.

Paper Palette 25
New

Created by Doph

Based off of the colors used by Paper Mario's sprites.

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1 comments

#paperpalette25
25 colors
402 downloads

Example by Doph

Tags: papermario, versatile, soft

curiosities

Created by sukinapan

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

1583

1582

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6 comments

#curiositiespalette
6 colors
14,491 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

1007

1006

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9 comments

#nopal12
12 colors
9,823 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.

772

771

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24 comments

#comfy52
52 colors
17,689 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.

766

765

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7 comments

#fairydust8
8 colors
6,535 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

569

568

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4 comments

#dnotfroget
6 colors
4,598 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