skills/creative/pixel-art/references/palettes.md

# Named Palettes

28 hardware-accurate and artistic palettes available to `pixel_art()`.
Palette values are sourced from `pixel-art-studio` (MIT) — see ATTRIBUTION.md in the skill root.

Usage: pass the palette name as `palette=` or let a preset select it.

```python
pixel_art("in.png", "out.png", preset="nes")           # preset selects NES
pixel_art("in.png", "out.png", preset="custom", palette="PICO_8", block=6)
```

## Hardware Palettes

| Name | Colors | Source |
|------|--------|--------|
| `NES` | 54 | Nintendo NES |
| `C64` | 16 | Commodore 64 |
| `COMMODORE_64` | 16 | Commodore 64 (alt) |
| `ZX_SPECTRUM` | 8 | Sinclair ZX Spectrum |
| `APPLE_II_LO` | 16 | Apple II lo-res |
| `APPLE_II_HI` | 6 | Apple II hi-res |
| `GAMEBOY_ORIGINAL` | 4 | Game Boy DMG (green) |
| `GAMEBOY_POCKET` | 4 | Game Boy Pocket (grey) |
| `GAMEBOY_VIRTUALBOY` | 4 | Virtual Boy (red) |
| `PICO_8` | 16 | PICO-8 fantasy console |
| `TELETEXT` | 8 | BBC Teletext |
| `CGA_MODE4_PAL1` | 4 | IBM CGA |
| `MSX` | 15 | MSX |
| `MICROSOFT_WINDOWS_16` | 16 | Windows 3.x default |
| `MICROSOFT_WINDOWS_PAINT` | 24 | MS Paint classic |
| `MONO_BW` | 2 | Black and white |
| `MONO_AMBER` | 2 | Amber monochrome |
| `MONO_GREEN` | 2 | Green monochrome |

## Artistic Palettes

| Name | Colors | Feel |
|------|--------|------|
| `PASTEL_DREAM` | 10 | Soft pastels |
| `NEON_CYBER` | 10 | Cyberpunk neon |
| `RETRO_WARM` | 10 | Warm 70s |
| `OCEAN_DEEP` | 10 | Blue gradient |
| `FOREST_MOSS` | 10 | Green naturals |
| `SUNSET_FIRE` | 10 | Red to yellow |
| `ARCTIC_ICE` | 10 | Cool blues and whites |
| `VINTAGE_ROSE` | 10 | Rose mauves |
| `EARTH_CLAY` | 10 | Terracotta browns |
| `ELECTRIC_VIOLET` | 10 | Violet gradient |
feat(pixel-art): add hardware palettes and video animation (#12725) Expand the pixel-art skill from 2 presets (arcade, snes) to 14 presets with hardware-accurate palettes (NES, Game Boy, PICO-8, C64, Apple II, MS Paint, CRT mono), plus a procedural video overlay pipeline. Ported from Synero/pixel-art-studio (MIT). Full attribution in ATTRIBUTION.md. What's in: - scripts/palettes.py — 28 named RGB palettes (hardware + artistic) - scripts/pixel_art.py — 14 presets, named palette support, CLI - scripts/pixel_art_video.py — 12 animation scenes (stars, rain, fireflies, snow, embers, lightning, etc.) → MP4/GIF via ffmpeg - references/palettes.md — palette catalog - SKILL.md — clarify-tool workflow (offer style, then optional scene) What's out (intentional): - Wu's quantizer (PIL's built-in quantize suffices) - Sobel edge-aware downsample (scipy dep not worth it) - Atkinson/Bayer dither (would need numpy reimpl) - Pollinations text-to-image (Hermes uses image_generate instead) Video pipeline uses subprocess.run with check=True (replaces os.system) and tempfile.TemporaryDirectory (replaces manual cleanup). 2026-04-19 16:59:20 -07:00			`# Named Palettes`

			28 hardware-accurate and artistic palettes available to `pixel_art()`.
			Palette values are sourced from `pixel-art-studio` (MIT) — see ATTRIBUTION.md in the skill root.

			Usage: pass the palette name as `palette=` or let a preset select it.

			```python
			`pixel_art("in.png", "out.png", preset="nes") # preset selects NES`
			`pixel_art("in.png", "out.png", preset="custom", palette="PICO_8", block=6)`
			```

			`## Hardware Palettes`

			`\| Name \| Colors \| Source \|`
			`\|------\|--------\|--------\|`
			\| `NES` \| 54 \| Nintendo NES \|
			\| `C64` \| 16 \| Commodore 64 \|
			\| `COMMODORE_64` \| 16 \| Commodore 64 (alt) \|
			\| `ZX_SPECTRUM` \| 8 \| Sinclair ZX Spectrum \|
			\| `APPLE_II_LO` \| 16 \| Apple II lo-res \|
			\| `APPLE_II_HI` \| 6 \| Apple II hi-res \|
			\| `GAMEBOY_ORIGINAL` \| 4 \| Game Boy DMG (green) \|
			\| `GAMEBOY_POCKET` \| 4 \| Game Boy Pocket (grey) \|
			\| `GAMEBOY_VIRTUALBOY` \| 4 \| Virtual Boy (red) \|
			\| `PICO_8` \| 16 \| PICO-8 fantasy console \|
			\| `TELETEXT` \| 8 \| BBC Teletext \|
			\| `CGA_MODE4_PAL1` \| 4 \| IBM CGA \|
			\| `MSX` \| 15 \| MSX \|
			\| `MICROSOFT_WINDOWS_16` \| 16 \| Windows 3.x default \|
			\| `MICROSOFT_WINDOWS_PAINT` \| 24 \| MS Paint classic \|
			\| `MONO_BW` \| 2 \| Black and white \|
			\| `MONO_AMBER` \| 2 \| Amber monochrome \|
			\| `MONO_GREEN` \| 2 \| Green monochrome \|

			`## Artistic Palettes`

			`\| Name \| Colors \| Feel \|`
			`\|------\|--------\|------\|`
			\| `PASTEL_DREAM` \| 10 \| Soft pastels \|
			\| `NEON_CYBER` \| 10 \| Cyberpunk neon \|
			\| `RETRO_WARM` \| 10 \| Warm 70s \|
			\| `OCEAN_DEEP` \| 10 \| Blue gradient \|
			\| `FOREST_MOSS` \| 10 \| Green naturals \|
			\| `SUNSET_FIRE` \| 10 \| Red to yellow \|
			\| `ARCTIC_ICE` \| 10 \| Cool blues and whites \|
			\| `VINTAGE_ROSE` \| 10 \| Rose mauves \|
			\| `EARTH_CLAY` \| 10 \| Terracotta browns \|
			\| `ELECTRIC_VIOLET` \| 10 \| Violet gradient \|