# BETTER color palette for makecode **URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/better-color-palette-for-makecode/40657 **Category:** Show & Tell **Created:** [November 25, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/better-color-palette-for-makecode/40657 "2025-11-25T18:08:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 6 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![Fangstor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/fangstor/32/33185_2.png) [@Fangstor](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Fangstor) #### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/better-color-palette-for-makecode/40657/1 "2025-11-25T18:08:25Z")
here’s a better color palette: (use the pxt.json trick to get 16 colors) ![pixil-frame-0 (65)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/1/f/1fdfcf649d332bc0d7560df053d01193d7b4fa0a.png) I did a lot of palette optimizations to try to get the style of the NES palette and the SNES palette. I’ll try to make a Mega Drive (Genesis) one next. What do y’all think? ---
### Author: ![guywhocancode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@guywhocancode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/guywhocancode) #### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/better-color-palette-for-makecode/40657/2 "2025-11-25T22:02:20Z")
What do you mean, the pxt.json trick? ---
### Author: ![Fangstor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/fangstor/32/33185_2.png) [@Fangstor](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Fangstor) #### Post date: [November 25, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/better-color-palette-for-makecode/40657/3 "2025-11-25T22:02:36Z")
I did the Mega Drive palette which is a combination of the Sega Master System and the Mega Drive (Genesis) palette. ![pixil-frame-0 (67)](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/5/0/5008f5da638442eed99fd5490e5d2a7ace29bca0.png) Time for the GBA next… (which will probably come out very soon) ---
### Author: ![Fangstor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/fangstor/32/33185_2.png) [@Fangstor](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Fangstor) #### Post date: [November 26, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/better-color-palette-for-makecode/40657/4 "2025-11-26T04:36:20Z")
Oh yeah. I forgot to make a tutorial on this. Here’s how you can do it: 1. make a new project, go to assets and change a color ![Screenshot_25-11-2025_18446_arcade.makecode.com](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/8/0/806c5aef27f8ad322f014a92462584eccf51cb88.jpeg) ![Screenshot_25-11-2025_1859_arcade.makecode.com](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/7/c/7c3fe4b10d8c41c31ea5792b7348c86ef4d6f05e.jpeg) 1. go to javascript and go to pxt.json ![Screenshot_25-11-2025_18553_arcade.makecode.com](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/2/c/2c53970ac9386a74e434cfc9699dcea3d834cc70.jpeg) 1. after that, click edit settings as text and change the first color (once you scroll down) ![Screenshot_25-11-2025_18615_arcade.makecode.com](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/3/7/375cbfcd2a858fd383bdf97c357214a632a3d0a5.jpeg) ![Screenshot_25-11-2025_18751_arcade.makecode.com](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/d/9/d927e3504773e0673427746a236c034b4e503ed0.jpeg) 1. finally go to assets, wait for it to reload and there you go. 16 colors! ![Screenshot_25-11-2025_18841_arcade.makecode.com](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/e/f/ef097ae97e1468dcb6e4834094c8e180d319b910.jpeg) ---
### Author: ![guywhocancode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@guywhocancode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/guywhocancode) #### Post date: [November 29, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/better-color-palette-for-makecode/40657/5 "2025-11-29T07:05:00Z")
Thanks so much! ---
### Author: ![Fangstor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/fangstor/32/33185_2.png) [@Fangstor](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Fangstor) #### Post date: [December 21, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/better-color-palette-for-makecode/40657/6 "2025-12-21T18:08:04Z")
no problem!