Limited Palette
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Category: The Lounge
Forum Name: Resources and Support
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Printed Date: 23 April 2026 at 8:44am
Topic: Limited Palette
Posted By: Jankovic
Subject: Limited Palette
Date Posted: 01 November 2014 at 1:20pm
Recently a friend of mine has made it clear to me that this website looks down upon using a non-limited palette. I am not sure for a beginner what is an appropriate amount of colours on a piece of pixel art.
I am currently drawing a panorama, of a Japanese landscape with many colourful trees, and have completed it using 40 colours.
Please tell me if that number is too high, and how to reduce it in the future.
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 01 November 2014 at 2:01pm
Your friend is incorrect. Pixeljoint which is its members and not some entity does not look down upon non-limited palettes.
Most pixelart nerds with even minimal experience and skill do know and understand that limited palettes make for better technical pixelart and that limitations do not affect the artists' vision once this skill is developed and is the reason most like to focus on it. It is a most respected and valuable skills to master in the artform.
That said. Any pixelart you make is its own pixel and there is no such thing as a magic number of colors. The idea is to use the smallest possible shades you need and not a single shade over that.
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