No problem at all! I took no offense to it ^^!

That's fair! I certainly didn't mean to accuse you of "cheating" as it's clear you are very accomplished pixel artist. I was just curious about how specifics of the rules, that's all. Thank you, Sazdx.

My understanding with the colors is that if you were to get those colors through effect layers or transparency or other such means, it would be a bit under the threshold of it not being allowed (unless of course you're able to adapt it in a way that is able to reduce the color amount). In the case of this one, all of the colors were manually picked to fit with the rainbow thread aesthethic, so there was no external manipulation =). So, rather than the amount of colors being a lot, it's more the process of how you get to those colors that could be an issue in some pieces =).

I hope this helps! ^^

Looks lovely but I'm a bit confused. Is a 152 colour piece of this size allowed? It breaks rule 4 of submissions. I don't mean to be mean or nasty to you personally, Sazdx, and I don't have anything against you or this piece. Just surprised that it is allowed as pixeljoint has usually been quite strict on limitations in the past.