I think this is borderline. A handdrawn diagram can to some degree be considered art, but this is quite minimalistic. And if you're serious you should have spent more time and effort on the example picture (that could have qualified it) rather than putting in the least possible effort.

As a palette it's quite useless. You basically have two brightness-levels and some reds. The four darkest colors are pretty much indistinguishable on their own, and completely merges when contrasted with the remaining colors. Brightness distribution is the most important factor of any normal palette. One positive note though; your colors are fairly consistent in saturation.

Keep trying! :)

Palettes are very important and crucial in pixelart but they are a tool/resource not art.

Of course you were creative and artistic but even with a different title we would see its a palette.

Palettes are cool to include in pixels but there must be some art to go with it. This is fair to all because if your palette is added to the gallery then any kind of palette should be too.
Many here make elaborate and creative charts to their palettes ever since DB started making them and none of these have been allowed before, even DBs.
We hold palette comps and these palettes are never added and many have creative charts too. Its fair to all because palettes are tools/resources not art.

In the original submission you did not have a sample art and I commented and explained how to better present this as an addendum to a pixel instead of the feature.
I agree the example you added is really thrown together and does not showcase or explore the palette so its better but... :/

You are not being singled out or treated unfairly at all. I hope you don't feel that 'the man' is coming down and 'judging' creativity and all that related convo that happens every 3 months.

We all support creativity, art, personal expression and everything else you can think of within the majority accepted scope of pixelart as is currently known but naturally subject to evolve.

Why not just do as I suggested and make some creative pixel using your palette in a way that entices others to use and explore it and by all means include your chart.

In compliance with the "no palettes" rule, I'll try again;

I agree! But this is about the fact it was removed from the gallery, not that it wasn't useful.

Yup, my bad. It's in the bit I chopped off, at the top (see the first image I posted).

It was supposed to be more arty, than palettey, but I wanted people to take the colours I'd used and create something more meaningful.

Well that's what my little diagram was supposed to do. But apparently it's too palettey to let through. I only added the cloud as a kind of compromise, (that's still failed the deal, apparently).

I meant, removed from the queue! I wasn't implying it got through, and then was removed.

So, does that mean with the cloud, it's allowed?

I'm very sorry if I'm complicating things!

I was just taken back, that's all. I would like to get to the bottom of this too, and I'm glad that you're willing to discuss this with me.

Agreed with Jal. I think once an appropriate example image (using every colour, showing the way the colours interact e.g. via dithers, etc) is added, I will definitely vote to accept it, for what that's worth.

Two ideas/suggestions:
1. Make the example be the visually dominant thing in the image. It should read as "art and the palette used to make it" rather than as "a palette oh and also an example". You can still have the palette on top since that's the main thing, just make the example image larger and more interesting.
2. Make an image that doesn't just use the colours, but uses them well. Show that your palette is worth sharing in the first place! Use some of those dither-colours, apply some of that data you share in your charts! Your cloud doesn't showcase the palette, it just happens to use it. Make a new example instead of reusing old art. The old art was likely made with a different purpose in mind, so it's not likely to make a good showcase of the palette, even if it does use all the colours. Make an illustration, or, if the palette's intended for game art, make a little mock-up. Play up the strengths of the palette in your example.

Put at least as much work into your example as you did into the palette presentation part, make it at least as good and interesting. Then, you'll have a piece that not only "sells" your palette to its audience, but could get into the gallery on its own merits without even having to have had the discussion in this thread about the merits of palette presentations as art :]

I'd skip the colour map, by the way (the part where you have all that lovely dithering). It doesn't include all the colours anyway, and since you get some very nice, common colours with dithering, you'd probably need two of those maps - one with the dithering, and one without. It's better to just leave the palette and the value and dither information so that the presentation is tidy and small, especially since anyone can generate colour maps just by having the palette. You could, however, post the palette with all the charts as a resource on the forum, if you want to.

Resources and Support, where you posted this thread.

You will still need (good) examples though, not just your cloud. Whether it's in the gallery or on the forum, you still need to show that your palette is worth paying attention to. For a palette to justify getting its own thread, it should have numerous examples. The threads for DawnBringer's DB16 and DB32 palettes are great examples to use as reference when making your thread. They contain numerous examples of the palette used in the contexts it's meant for, and being used well. The threads mention what the palettes' strengths and weaknesses are, and what the palettes are intended for, even though they can be used for much more.

I'm not being complicated! I simply misinterpreted the rules.
I wanted to upload that original picture on its own. I didn't realize that regardless of presentation, palettes were simply not allowed. I was arguing the point of "where do you draw the line between palette and art". However I do now, so no further discussion on that topic is needed.

I don't want to have to spend hours and hours designing a piece of artwork that you guys consider to be "good enough", in order to justify my original palette. It was just a bit of fun, I'm done with it now. If it's not up to standard in its current form, it doesn't matter any more.

You feel?