1.0 link Rainbow Dash Network http://rainbowdash.net/ RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space) (redenchilada) http://rainbowdash.net/redenchilada http://rainbowdash.net/notice/3883987 @<span class="vcard"><a href="http://rainbowdash.net/user/33007" class="url"><span class="fn nickname mention">caret7</span></a></span> The palettes used in pixel art depend heavily on things like the style you're going for, the size of the image, whether you're doing a landscape or a figure, etc. The only real suggestion I can give is limiting yourself to 3-4 shades for a color is generally a good starting point to avoid overshading. Check out the rendering limitations for various old consoles and base your palettes on those.