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MSX1 palette

The soft, slightly chalky MSX1 palette: great for friendly 8-bit character work. All 15 hex codes are listed below, free to copy or to save straight into your MagicPixel account.

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MSX1 hex codes

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Details

Colors
15
Author
Texas Instruments (hardware)
Source
TMS9918 video chip
Usage
Free to use, including in commercial games.

Tags

console
retro
muted
pastel

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