Palettes

Every cart picks one of three 16-color built-in palettes via its palette_id header byte. Tile data stores palette indices (0–15), not RGB triples — switching palettes keeps the indices and just remaps how they render.

PICO-8 (id 0, default)

Index	Hex	Swatch
`0`	`#000000`
`1`	`#1D2B53`
`2`	`#7E2553`
`3`	`#008751`
`4`	`#AB5236`
`5`	`#5F574F`
`6`	`#C2C3C7`
`7`	`#FFF1E8`
`8`	`#FF004D`
`9`	`#FFA300`
`10`	`#FFEC27`
`11`	`#00E436`
`12`	`#29ADFF`
`13`	`#83769C`
`14`	`#FF77A8`
`15`	`#FFCCAA`

DawnBringer 16 (id 1)

Richard Fhager's DB16 (2012). Cooler tones, broader chroma range.

Index	Hex	Swatch
`0`	`#140C1C`
`1`	`#442434`
`2`	`#30346D`
`3`	`#4E4A4E`
`4`	`#854C30`
`5`	`#346524`
`6`	`#D04648`
`7`	`#757161`
`8`	`#597DCE`
`9`	`#D27D2C`
`10`	`#8595A1`
`11`	`#6DAA2C`
`12`	`#D2AA99`
`13`	`#6DC2CA`
`14`	`#DAD45E`
`15`	`#DEEED6`

Sweetie 16 (id 2)

GrafxKid's Sweetie 16 (2017). Vivid teals and pinks; high readability.

Index	Hex	Swatch
`0`	`#1A1C2C`
`1`	`#5D275D`
`2`	`#B13E53`
`3`	`#EF7D57`
`4`	`#FFCD75`
`5`	`#A7F070`
`6`	`#38B764`
`7`	`#257179`
`8`	`#29366F`
`9`	`#3B5DC9`
`10`	`#41A6F6`
`11`	`#73EFF7`
`12`	`#F4F4F4`
`13`	`#94B0C2`
`14`	`#566C86`
`15`	`#333C57`