Pixel Joint Forum: How do You Test Your Pallettes?

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      So, I'm still learning pixelart, and one of the things that keeps getting me is the color choosing. 

   So, to all of you pro color-choosers out there: how do you test your palettes?

   Currently,at the time of this posting, there's a palette challenge going on, and people have different ways of testing their palettes for value, hue, and saturation range. (well, not necessarily saturation, more of the other two). Some made cubes, aligned by luminescence, while others made quick (still amazing-looking) pictures. So, I was wondering if there were any other ways to test your palettes?

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AirStyle Commander Joined: 13 November 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 376	Topic: How do You Test Your Pallettes? Posted: 24 November 2011 at 11:43am
	So, I'm still learning pixelart, and one of the things that keeps getting me is the color choosing. So, to all of you pro color-choosers out there: how do you test your palettes? Currently,at the time of this posting, there's a palette challenge going on, and people have different ways of testing their palettes for value, hue, and saturation range. (well, not necessarily saturation, more of the other two). Some made cubes, aligned by luminescence, while others made quick (still amazing-looking) pictures. So, I was wondering if there were any other ways to test your palettes?
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 24 November 2011 at 3:23pm
	Everyone has their own way to go about this. You have to try everything and see what works best for you and your software. Just remember that your 'eye' is all you really need. It hard and most find it challenging. Just making attempts, trying hard, challenging yourself and experimenting is whats needed to feel adequate with this. Its why we like to make palette comps.
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DawnBringer Commander Joined: 11 August 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 568	Posted: 24 November 2011 at 4:56pm
	All of the above! The more ways you can test and evaluate your palette the better. At the first stages you want to identify obvious flaws & weaknesses. A classic approach is to remap a selection of images and see how they look. Make sure you have colors that covers the brightness range fairly well, grayscales or colors that can double as grayscales. And remember things like that the primaries red, green & blue can't be represented by other colors/mixes but they can simlulate all other colors (if dithered heavily).
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AirStyle Commander Joined: 13 November 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 376	Posted: 24 November 2011 at 6:04pm
	All of the above! The more ways you can test and evaluate your palette the better. At the first stages you want to identify obvious flaws & weaknesses. A classic approach is to remap a selection of images and see how they look. Make sure you have colors that covers the brightness range fairly well, grayscales or colors that can double as grayscales. And remember things like that the primaries red, green & blue can't be represented by other colors/mixes but they can simlulate all other colors (if dithered heavily). You know what? That was great. Thank you so much for this information. This pinpointed a couple of things for me. I'm still working on my dithering, though. Every time I do it, I keep thinking that it looks bad, but when I look at someone else do it, sometimes the exact way I did it, it looks just fine. *sigh.....I guess I'll just have to keep adjusting my eye to that. Same thing with the colors as well. I have a tendency to make palettes monochromatic, and keep the colors close, making my pictures seem flat. Thanks a lot for replying.
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