Author: Matthias Arndt

Da Forumposts ab und an verschwinden und ich diesen Zusammenhang für sehr interessant befinde, eine Kopie hier in mein Blog von DawnBringer bei pixeljoint.com:

“So, dear friends, I have wasted some time lately with my obsession for
palettes. It’s been tackled before but I felt there was (and is?) more
work to be done with designing a great multi-purpose 16 color palette
(I’ll avoid any talk of “perfect” or “ultimate” as there simply isn’t
such a thing for a limited palette).

Property wish-list:
* Archetypical colors common in games/pixelart
* Real world colors (RGB-space brightness-axis “colorcigarr”)
* Good coverage of the spectrum
* Great coverage of the brightness range (a must for any useful palette)
* Max combinatory possibilities: Interpolations, simulations, dithers etc.
* …and if possible; colors that may work as subtle varitations: rust, dirt, textures.

But as with all small palettes, some things had to be sacrificed: This
palette is very weak in magentas (as that is a rarely used area). It
also lack much in turquoise – but at least they can be simulated by
combining the many blues & greens.

This is public version 1.0 (v9843.7 to me )

Some notes:
* The dark register is dominated by blue/violett commonly found in shadows/dark waters etc.
* The lower-medium register has the weight on green and browns; found in vegetation, wood etc.
* The upper-medium register has much blues and orange/pink to handle skies, sand and skin.
* The bright register has the lone yellow and the effective pink &
cyan that  are complimentary colors that span around the spectrum and
can be mixed to a very good grey!
* Red is slightly violett – I wanted a red that contrasted the other
colors rather than being another shade of brown/orange. Still good
enough to use in some skin-shades I hope.

— Mockups omitted —-

Outstanding issues:
* The optimal(?) global brightness/contrast level…these can be
adjusted quite easily without affecting the internal relationships of
the colors very much – so if you have any feelings about this lemme
know.
* The dark register: is there a better combination/structure of colors here?

Comments & questions are welcome! :)Here’s the RGB-values:
20 12 28
68 36 52
48 52 109
78 74 78
133 76 48
52 101 36
208 70 72
117 113 97
89 125 206
210 125 44
133 149 161
109 170 44
210 170 153
109 194 202
218 212 94
222 238 214
And yeah…feel free to use this palette. ”

 

Ferner dazu eine Abbildung für The Gimp von user DarkUranium vom gleichen Forum:

GIMP Palette
Name: DawnBringer's 16 Color Palette
Columns: 8
#
 20  12  28    Dark1
 68  36  52    Dark2
 48  52 109    Dark3
 78  74  78    Dark4
133  76  48    Dark5
 52 101  36    Dark6
208  70  72    Dark7
117 113  97    Dark8
 89 125 206    Light1
210 125  44    Light2
133 149 161    Light3
109 170  44    Light4
210 170 153    Light5
109 194 202    Light6
218 212  94    Light7
222 238 214    Light8

Originalartikel unter: http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12795