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