Color palettes
7 years ago
Official, default palette (new)
New! January 2018 update: Grays are less brownish, purple is darker.
Why is it important to use the default palette?
- We spent lot of time fine tuning this palette to get the perfect blend of colors.
- You can't really go wrong with these colors.
- This will give the Gamebuino games a consistent look.
- They are not garish nor not dull and all different.
- This is a pretty versatile palette, you should be able to do any kind of games with it.
- They are the default colors used in indexed mode.
Related subject: Why do we use 25FPS?
Download tools
- Source BMP and PNG of the palette
- Photoshop Swatches (ACO) and Color Tables (.ACT)
- Paint.NET palette
- Excel sheet with all values
Mockups by Drakker, Adekto & Erico, updated with the new palette
RGB & HEX values
Note: You don't have to use the HEX/RGB values in your program, see gb.display.setColor
| R8 | G8 | B8 | HEX888 | |
| BLACK | 0 | 0 | 0 | #000000 |
| DARKBLUE | 0 | 67 | 133 | #004385 |
| PURPLE | 150 | 0 | 64 | #960040 |
| GREEN | 0 | 139 | 80 | #008B50 |
| BROWN | 207 | 142 | 68 | #CF8E44 |
| DARKGRAY | 84 | 77 | 67 | #544D43 |
| GRAY | 168 | 153 | 135 | #A89987 |
| WHITE | 255 | 255 | 255 | #FFFFFF |
| RED | 219 | 29 | 35 | #DB1D23 |
| ORANGE | 255 | 168 | 17 | #FFA811 |
| YELLOW | 245 | 231 | 0 | #F5E700 |
| LIGHTGREEN | 133 | 207 | 68 | #85CF44 |
| LIGHTBLUE | 125 | 187 | 255 | #7DBBFF |
| BLUE | 68 | 133 | 207 | #4485CF |
| MAGENTA | 207 | 68 | 133 | #CF4485 |
| BEIGE | 255 | 214 | 144 | #FFD690 |
Kuddos to @Drakker for helping me with the palette update & testing.
Kudos to @Drakker @Erico @Adekto for testing the initial palette with gorgeous mockups :)
Gamebuino palette discussion
Alternative palettes
If you want to use other palette you still can :)
- https://lospec.com/palette-list (Thanks @Valden for the tip)
- http://frankqbe.tumblr.com/post/139534028169/photoshop-16-color-palettes
Suggest your own palettes and ressources in the comments!
NEW 7 years ago
The default Gamebuino palette just got updated! Check the first post to see it :)
NEW 7 years ago
Looks good to me! Pretty complete and very versatile.
The only that I'm not sure of is whether the magenta and the red are too close too each other. Maybe purple and magenta could be a tiny bit brighter so magenta can be used as well as a lighter shade of red but does not move too far from purple?
Aurélien Rodot
6 years ago
@exocet I tried brightening the magenta to make it pinkish, but it doesn't really help in my opinion.
There will always some compromises to be made... that's what's fun I guess :)
NEW 6 years ago
exocet
@exocet I tried brightening the magenta to make it pinkish, but it doesn't really help in my opinion.
There will always some compromises to be made... that's what's fun I guess :)
NEW 6 years ago
I created a palette a few months ago that was based on the old Gamebuino palette. The overall shades are almost the same but the colors are less vibrant and hard on the eyes. The blue shades have a more pronounced hue shift. Instead of having shades of magenta/pink, it has a purple color. The name is "Vintage Gamebuino Palette"
Note: The color change is MUCH more noticeable when you're looking at them when downloaded instead of the browser or with a better display.
NEW 6 years ago
Hello I share the color palette for paint.net
put it in "D:\Mes Documents\Mes fichiers paint.net\Palettes" and TADA : 
Aurélien Rodot
6 years ago
Thanks, I'm adding that to the .zip file :)
NEW 6 years ago
hello,
it is my .gpl palette for Piskel. Tired to recreate them every time i change of pc !
NEW 6 years ago
I was having issues with Pskel not playing nicely with Bitdefender. So I installed GraphicsGale instead. And that seems to work.
It does have a palette feature, and I went ahead and made a basic .gal file with that loaded up for anyone else who happens to want to use this program.
Here it is:
NEW 6 years ago
Hi guys
I couldn't find a palette for Aseprite in the zip file, so i made my own one.