# You can GET 17 Colors I makecode ?!?!?!🙀
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929
**Category:** Arcade
**Created:** [December 16, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929 "2022-12-16T18:07:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@danger\_kitty](https://forum.makecode.com/u/danger_kitty)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/1 "2022-12-16T18:07:26Z")
Found this really color bug with the color things that have been added wile making my latest game.
> **[17 COLORS !?!?!?](https://arcade.makecode.com/81846-02496-21212-13489)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
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### Author:  [@danger\_kitty](https://forum.makecode.com/u/danger_kitty)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/2 "2022-12-16T18:13:08Z")
Breaking makecode law right here
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### Author:  [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/3 "2022-12-16T21:03:35Z")
This is… still 16 colors?
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/4 "2022-12-16T21:05:15Z")
Well no actually, there is 17- although the black has been replaced with dark green, the background stays black, making there 17 colors!
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### Author:  [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/5 "2022-12-16T22:18:19Z")
When in doubt, count it out. 15 colors in the center, black as the background. Where is the 17th color?
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### Author:  [@Kiwiphoenix364](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kiwiphoenix364)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/6 "2022-12-16T22:19:48Z")
Is there something I’m missing…? there’s a 3x5 grid (15 colors) where black has been changed, + a background of transparency (black), and that makes… 16, not 17.
Colors: White (1), Red (2), Pink (3), Orange (4), Yellow (5), Turquoise (6), Green (7), Blue (8), Light Blue (9), Purple (10), Purple-Gray (11), Dark Purple (12), Tan (13), Brown (14), Dark Green which replaces Black (15), and Transparent which is black when nothing is behind it (16).
I just named every color on the screen, and there are only 16, one being Transparent. [Also, I kinda… already did this over a year ago…](https://forum.makecode.com/t/16-colors-instead-of-15-and-clear/10716) No offense, of course, as it is still cool, but 15 customizable colors + transparency (which is black when nothing is behind it) is still technically indended and it still isn’t 17 colors…
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### Author:  [@AbstractDesigner](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AbstractDesigner)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/7 "2022-12-16T22:21:31Z")
Ahem. I’m afraid this is illegal, I’ll have to arrest you now…
…HOW DID YOU MAKE 17 COLORS??
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### Author:  [@jackal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/jackal)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/8 "2022-12-20T18:11:49Z")
the menu
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### Author:  [@AbstractDesigner](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AbstractDesigner)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2022, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/10 "2022-12-21T17:55:40Z")
Wait a min… ur right… there’s only 16 colors…
I can’t count.
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### Author:  [@SoftTalker](https://forum.makecode.com/u/SoftTalker)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/11 "2022-12-21T17:58:48Z")
i messed a lot with pxt.json so i know some stuff you should not mess with . so there is one color that represents blank(btw blank color is #000000) so change #000000 with example: #c4a484 then your blank color will be #c4a484 (sorry if the gif is blur )
![[video-to-gif output image]](https://im.ezgif.com/tmp/ezgif-1-60750a65de.gif)
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### Author:  [@danger\_kitty](https://forum.makecode.com/u/danger_kitty)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/12 "2022-12-21T20:22:34Z")
True maybe not 17 colors than but also it was just a cool glitch I found and it was really late when I posted this so my brain thought oh so there is a extra color we have a 16bit games so it must by 17 colors
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### Author:  [@jackal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/jackal)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/13 "2022-12-21T21:37:57Z")
404 not found error
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### Author:  [@labfox29](https://forum.makecode.com/u/labfox29)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/14 "2022-12-22T18:20:57Z")
still 8bit
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### Author:  [@Erik44b](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Erik44b)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/15 "2022-12-27T17:44:46Z")
Hmm I think that The Background is Transparent, while Black was replaced with Green.
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### Author:  [@AbstractDesigner](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AbstractDesigner)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/16 "2022-12-27T17:48:29Z")
Wait, I’m confused… so are there 17 colors or 16?
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### Author:  [@KIKIvsIT](https://forum.makecode.com/u/KIKIvsIT)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/17 "2022-12-27T17:51:07Z")
Our traditional menu has 15 colors, plus transparency. Whatever palette you use, I’ve been assured that Arcade maxes out at 16 colors.
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### Author:  [@danger\_kitty](https://forum.makecode.com/u/danger_kitty)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2022, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/18 "2022-12-28T00:38:19Z")
okay that makes since
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### Author:  [@Salex](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Salex)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/19 "2022-12-28T18:14:00Z")
Could it be possible to make something that puts pixels of one pallete on the screen, clears the screen, runs through another batch of pixels from a different pallete, clears that, and so on, allowing for as many colours you need? I’ll try make this for demonstration, until then, try to understand what I mean…
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### Author:  [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/20 "2022-12-28T18:21:12Z")
@Salex i’m afraid that won’t work! the 16 color limitation is a hard limit, there are no ways to game extra colors out of it.
that’s a great idea though, that’s actually how many old video game consoles managed to have so many colors. nintendo’s NES only allowed you to have 4 colors per sprite (actually 3 colors + transparency), but you could choose from multiple palettes so that you had a total of 56 colors to choose from for the game
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### Author:  [@Salex](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Salex)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/you-can-get-17-colors-i-makecode/16929/21 "2022-12-29T17:44:00Z")
> **[30-odd colours](https://arcade.makecode.com/S56478-31818-33033-04798)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
It would probably work on a high end computor/simulator or hardware, but thats the fastest I can do without lagging and freezing on my pc. This is kinda what I meant, just not the best.
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