Pixel Joint Forum: 24 Color Palette Competition!

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Welcome to another Pixel Joint Palette competition. It is open for all users. To participate, you have to build your own unique and original palette with 24 colors, arrange it in our template, and post it here.

You must name the HEX values and NO black - 000000 or white - FFFFFF

Competition closes on April 30th 2026.

Palettes will be judged by PJ mods and guests invited from PJ users who won't participate themselves.

The winning palettes will be rewarded with rare PJ trophies. 

Any of the submitted palettes could, and some of them will be used in an upcoming project, which will be announced later this year. 

The project mentioned will be focused on painterly portraits. This means the palettes will be judged not only by their qualities like coherency, balance, or uniqueness, but also applicability to portraits. This doesn't mean you have to add skintones, only that it is possible to shade a face with it, even if it doesn't have any browns, beiges, or pinks. A similar approach is advised in regard to shading hair or clothes. Generic versatility is good, but eyecatching uniqueness is better.

If you submit a palette, you acknowledge that it will be used by others for the purpose of this project, and credit may not be posted by participants if they submit their project piece to their gallery, but you will get overall credit for it.

These palettes are not to be considered art, so no adding to your galleries. It's best to assume that others may use your palette beyond this project. By entering you are giving permission to all.

You may enter more than once, but quality is better than quantity. There is an upper limit of no more than 3 entries per person to raise the quality and to make the judging process fair to the judges.

Palette entries:

phenomenician: tiger24

MIERDINSKY: msky24

pixelglade: Beach Episode 24

SeDiceBisonte: Nefertiti

gawrone: Dorian Greenless

Vsigos: Circadian

Mattpxl: Twilight Veil

Tipleloop: Addiction

gawrone: Face is Lava

shm31: Seashore

Morganne: Porcelain 24

gawrone: Crystalline Moss

Xarss: aquarela

CactusCelery: Confused Travel

DallyDef: summer.me

Xarss: dead matter

Xarss: headshot

SurrealEmber: End of All Glory

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gawrone Rear Admiral Joined: 20 June 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 538	Topic: 24 Color Palette Competition! Posted: 30 March 2026 at 2:05am
	Welcome to another Pixel Joint Palette competition. It is open for all users. To participate, you have to build your own unique and original palette with 24 colors, arrange it in our template, and post it here. You must name the HEX values and NO black - 000000 or white - FFFFFF Competition closes on April 30th 2026. Palettes will be judged by PJ mods and guests invited from PJ users who won't participate themselves. The winning palettes will be rewarded with rare PJ trophies. Any of the submitted palettes could, and some of them will be used in an upcoming project, which will be announced later this year. The project mentioned will be focused on painterly portraits. This means the palettes will be judged not only by their qualities like coherency, balance, or uniqueness, but also applicability to portraits. This doesn't mean you have to add skintones, only that it is possible to shade a face with it, even if it doesn't have any browns, beiges, or pinks. A similar approach is advised in regard to shading hair or clothes. Generic versatility is good, but eyecatching uniqueness is better. If you submit a palette, you acknowledge that it will be used by others for the purpose of this project, and credit may not be posted by participants if they submit their project piece to their gallery, but you will get overall credit for it. These palettes are not to be considered art, so no adding to your galleries. It's best to assume that others may use your palette beyond this project. By entering you are giving permission to all. You may enter more than once, but quality is better than quantity. There is an upper limit of no more than 3 entries per person to raise the quality and to make the judging process fair to the judges. Palette entries: phenomenician: tiger24 MIERDINSKY: msky24 pixelglade: Beach Episode 24 SeDiceBisonte: Nefertiti gawrone: Dorian Greenless Vsigos: Circadian Mattpxl: Twilight Veil Tipleloop: Addiction gawrone: Face is Lava shm31: Seashore Morganne: Porcelain 24 gawrone: Crystalline Moss Xarss: aquarela CactusCelery: Confused Travel DallyDef: summer.me Xarss: dead matter Xarss: headshot SurrealEmber: End of All Glory
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phenomenician Seaman Joined: 31 March 2026 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 31 March 2026 at 12:17pm
	https://lospec.com/palette-list/tiger24
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gawrone Rear Admiral Joined: 20 June 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 538	Posted: 02 April 2026 at 12:15am
	Wow. First entry so fast. And such a good one. It's tempting to already try it out right now
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phenomenician Seaman Joined: 31 March 2026 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 02 April 2026 at 8:46am
	I am fortunate that this challenge intersects my love of portraiture and my love of playing with color
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MIERDINSKY Midshipman Joined: 20 January 2026 Online Status: Offline Posts: 66	Posted: 06 April 2026 at 12:04pm
	This is my entry msky24 https://lospec.com/palette-list/msky24
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pixelglade Seaman Joined: 11 November 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 12 April 2026 at 12:45am
	Here is my attempt: Beach Episode 24 or just beachep24 (if I have to name it like a Lospec palette even though it's not).
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gawrone Rear Admiral Joined: 20 June 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 538	Posted: 20 April 2026 at 12:53am
	I'm not aware there is any official system of naming palettes on Lospec. I was under impression, that you can call your palette however you want :)
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SeDiceBisonte Midshipman Joined: 07 February 2026 Online Status: Offline Posts: 84	Posted: 21 April 2026 at 5:12am
	Here's my entry, Nefertiti Aiming to get it on Lospec soon but wow, the palette example images need to be huge over there. I can see why so many people do them at 2x or more.
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gawrone Rear Admiral Joined: 20 June 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 538	Posted: 23 April 2026 at 2:14am
	Dorian Greenless
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Vsigos Seaman Joined: 09 December 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 24 April 2026 at 12:45pm
	Entry for the palette competition: Circadian24
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Mattpxl Seaman Joined: 14 April 2026 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 24 April 2026 at 1:36pm
	Twilight Veil
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Tipleloop Midshipman Joined: 25 November 2025 Location: China Online Status: Offline Posts: 31	Posted: 24 April 2026 at 3:15pm
	Addiction
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gawrone Rear Admiral Joined: 20 June 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 538	Posted: 25 April 2026 at 10:45pm
	Face is Lava
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shm31 Midshipman Joined: 10 November 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 26 April 2026 at 5:43am
	Seashore
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Morganne Midshipman Joined: 05 July 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Posted: 27 April 2026 at 12:32am
	Porcelain 24
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gawrone Rear Admiral Joined: 20 June 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 538	Posted: 27 April 2026 at 6:40am
	Crystalline Moss
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Xarss Seaman Joined: 20 April 2026 Online Status: Online Posts: 3	Posted: 27 April 2026 at 8:43pm
	aquarela
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CactusCelery Seaman Joined: 20 March 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 29 April 2026 at 10:29am
	Confused Travel https://lospec.com/palette-list/confused-travel
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DallyDEF Seaman Joined: 25 January 2026 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 29 April 2026 at 1:27pm
	summer.me
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Xarss Seaman Joined: 20 April 2026 Online Status: Online Posts: 3	Posted: 29 April 2026 at 5:11pm
	dead matter
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Xarss Seaman Joined: 20 April 2026 Online Status: Online Posts: 3	Posted: 29 April 2026 at 8:17pm
	headshot
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SurrealEmber Seaman Joined: 17 November 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 30 April 2026 at 11:08pm
	End of All Glory
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