Amstrad CPC Sampler
16 colorsSixteen of the Amstrad CPC’s 27 firm-hued colors: blunt primaries with just enough mid tones to shade.
Amstrad (hardware)
- console
- retro
- high-contrast
ZX Spectrum palette
Sinclair's bright/dark pairs: pure hues at two intensities and nothing in between. All 15 hex codes are listed below, free to copy or to save straight into your MagicPixel account.
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ZX Spectrum hex codes
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Palettes similar to ZX Spectrum
CGA 16
16 colorsThe IBM CGA 16-color set every DOS game grew up on: harsh, saturated, unmistakably 1985.
IBM (hardware)
- console
- retro
- high-contrast
Master System Sampler
16 colorsA 16-color slice of the Master System VDP: two-bit-per-channel steps, arcade-bright.
Sega (hardware)
- console
- retro
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NES Sampler
16 colorsA working 16-color slice of the NES master palette, kept to hues the PPU can actually pair.
Nintendo (hardware)
- console
- retro
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PICO-8
16 colorsThe 16 colors of the PICO-8 fantasy console: punchy, readable, and famously hard to make ugly.
Lexaloffle
- console
- retro
- high-contrast
Thomson MO5
16 colorsFrance’s school-computer palette: saturated primaries with a handful of pastel softeners.
Thomson (hardware)
- retro
- 16-color
- bright