Explore authentic retro game palettes or extract a limited-color palette from your own image. Perfect for pixel art, game dev, and retro-style UI design.
Retro consoles had strict hardware limits on colors. Modern pixel art and indie games often voluntarily use these constraints for aesthetic consistency and a nostalgic look. A shared palette also makes assets feel cohesive.
PICO-8 is a fantasy console with a fixed 16-color palette. Its bold, distinctive colors have become iconic in the indie game scene and are widely used for jam games and prototypes.
The tool samples pixels from your image and uses a median-cut algorithm to find the most representative colors, up to your chosen limit. Useful for matching a pixel art style to existing artwork or screenshots.