Pixel Art Palettes

A 9-color night-city palette: near-black bases, electric cyan and magenta accents, and a warm amber for signage and lights.

A 9-color arid palette: sand tans, terracotta reds and a burnt shadow tone, with one cactus green accent for a full western-style biome.

A 10-color RPG palette: steel and leather ramps for equipment, skin and cloth tones for characters, plus a magic accent for effects.

The classic 4-shade green monochrome ramp from the original Game Boy. Four colors force silhouette-driven design — a great constraint exercise.

A 9-color cold palette: glacial blues from deep navy to near-white, with a violet shadow accent — for winter tiles, ice levels and frost effects.

A 5-step black-to-white value ramp with a warm paper tint — for high-contrast 1-bit-style games, icons and print-flavored aesthetics.

A 10-color overworld palette: layered greens for foliage, bark browns, stone grays and water blues — built for tilesets that stay coherent across a map.

A 10-color soft palette: milky pastels with a cocoa outline tone — for cozy games, cute items and low-contrast, friendly scenes.

An 8-color arcade-style palette with a warm mid tone, deep shadow and a punchy accent — the safest all-purpose starting point for 16×16 game sprites.

A 9-color warm-sky palette: peach and coral light bands fading into dusk purples, with a deep ground tone — made for title screens and evening scenes.