Pixel Joint Forum: Color pallete question

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   I've seen a bunch of pieces showing a color pallete in the corner of the work with the various shades of each color used and I was wondering if that's a function of some program or if it's a time saving trick people use.  It looks pretty handy, especially as I use MS Paint and the default pallet only has a couple of shades for each color, it would be pretty cool to have a 5 shade (or so) range for each color used right there.

Anyway, if this is something covered somewhere else, please let me know and I'll go find it.  I did a search and saw several discussions on hues and ramps which were very helpful, I was just wondering if this is a function of a program or if they're all self-built.  Thanks,

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vampireslug Commander Joined: 16 February 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 187	Topic: Color pallete question Posted: 19 February 2009 at 8:51am
	I've seen a bunch of pieces showing a color pallete in the corner of the work with the various shades of each color used and I was wondering if that's a function of some program or if it's a time saving trick people use. It looks pretty handy, especially as I use MS Paint and the default pallet only has a couple of shades for each color, it would be pretty cool to have a 5 shade (or so) range for each color used right there. Anyway, if this is something covered somewhere else, please let me know and I'll go find it. I did a search and saw several discussions on hues and ramps which were very helpful, I was just wondering if this is a function of a program or if they're all self-built. Thanks,
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Antiboton Midshipman Joined: 20 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 88	Posted: 19 February 2009 at 9:52am
	Ionly use MSPaint and I almost never use that color pallette "trick" as a guide. I usually remember the place of the colors I have used and recycle them if needed. I think there's not a tool to do that small guides but they do them by themselves.
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Metaru Commander Joined: 03 February 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3305	Posted: 19 February 2009 at 11:13am
	there is no trick in that. just leave a small dot somewhere in your piece with each color and thats all(therefore creating the said palette). no software was used for such thing. now, i'd asume you know that if you double click on the colors in MSPaint's palette you can modify them using a color wheel.
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vampireslug Commander Joined: 16 February 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 187	Posted: 20 February 2009 at 3:20am
	Yeah, I've used the color wheel in Paint which is helpful but then when you load up a blank image it goes back to the default pallette... having pre-defined palletes that you could paste into an image and then work off of would be a pretty cool time saver. At least for me, I hate having to go out and pick colors all over again, it seems to take forever to get exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks for the response.
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 20 February 2009 at 3:49am
	Learn yourself to use MTpaint (google it) (or any other program with indexed palette support) Set the pallette to indexed and everything will be perfect :)
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vampireslug Commander Joined: 16 February 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 187	Posted: 20 February 2009 at 4:56am
	I just downloaded MTPaint and the indexed pallete is perfect. Lollige, you're a genius. Thanks.
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 20 February 2009 at 5:26am
	Thanks, you are welcome :) It might take a while to get used to it fully, but once you are it is awesomely perfect :)
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Metaru Commander Joined: 03 February 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3305	Posted: 20 February 2009 at 8:19am
	i'm the one who always goes for the most simple solution :V
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 20 February 2009 at 12:38pm
	Huh? I thought you said you used Jasc! ;)
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greenraven Commander Joined: 08 September 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2598	Posted: 20 February 2009 at 3:22pm
	*Originally posted by Metaru* i'm the one who always goes for the most simple solution :V I second that motion. :D Pretty much what Met said before: Leave small dot in corner, color grab it, use.
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