Moons · Moon
A moon of Jupiter. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
Featured palette: Galileo global view in colour (Sampled from this image)
#867B6F#6A5D51#887A6B#A79A8B#49413A#CEC8BC#151B19
Credit: USGS, JPL & Caltech.
About Callisto
A moon of Jupiter.
| Classification | Moon |
|---|---|
| Parent body | Jupiter |
| Mean radius | 2,410.3 km ± 1.5 kmmean radius · NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics |
| Orbital period | 16.7 daysorbital period around Jupiter · mean elements, epoch 2000-01-01.5 TDB · NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics |
Why these colours?
Galileo global view in colour
A Galileo colour image; bright impact scars on a dark, ancient surface.
From: Galileo global view in colour Visible-light composite
Global texture (NASA 3D Resources)
From the USGS, mosaicked with Voyager imagery. Such mosaics are tone-matched across many frames and often lack colour, so their tones are processed, not a single view.
From: Global texture (NASA 3D Resources) Enhanced visible colour
Colour clusters describe pixels in an image; they cannot identify a mineral, a gas or a physical temperature. Shares of pixels describe the sampled region of the image, not the object’s surface.
Colours from selected views
Palettes sampled from identified images and regions, or calculated from a documented model. These values describe each image or model, not one permanent colour of Callisto.
Galileo global view in colour
Sampled from this image · Galileo global view in colour
#867B6FRGB 134, 123, 111region average#6A5D51RGB 106, 93, 8126% of the region#887A6BRGB 136, 122, 10725% of the region#A79A8BRGB 167, 154, 13919% of the region#49413ARGB 73, 65, 5818% of the region#CEC8BCRGB 206, 200, 1888% of the region#151B19RGB 21, 27, 254% of the region
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Global texture (NASA 3D Resources)
Sampled from this image · Global texture (NASA 3D Resources)
#9D9D9DRGB 157, 157, 157region average#797979RGB 121, 121, 12123% of the region#919191RGB 145, 145, 14522% of the region#DEDEDERGB 222, 222, 22219% of the region#626262RGB 98, 98, 9816% of the region#B1B1B1RGB 177, 177, 17716% of the region#464646RGB 70, 70, 705% of the region
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Creative palettes inspired by Callisto
A design derived from the selected representation. It is not a scientific colour measurement. Each colour keeps the sampled colour it was made from.
Inspired by Callisto
Inspired by this object
#292F2DRGB 41, 47, 45from #151B19#554D46RGB 85, 77, 70from #49413A#7D6F63RGB 125, 111, 99from #6A5D51#A39585RGB 163, 149, 133from #887A6B#CABDADRGB 202, 189, 173from #A79A8B#EDE7DBRGB 237, 231, 219from #CEC8BC
Colours of the first view of Callisto with their lightness spread evenly, for a design palette.
Explore the views and the 3D model
Galileo global view in colourVisible-light compositeGlobal texture (NASA 3D Resources)Enhanced visible colourPick a colour from the image. Click or tap the picture to read a colour. Picked colours are yours, not catalogue samples.
Sphere with a global map A sphere carrying a global map; the shape is a sphere, not a measured shape, and the map’s own coverage gaps are shown as they are. Objects are enlarged or scaled for inspection unless stated otherwise.
Use these colours
Every palette above opens in the palette generator. With JavaScript you can also add colours to your cosmic palette, save them, make a gradient or pattern, preview them in a design or a room (you choose which colour goes on which surface), check digital accessibility and export them. Each colour keeps the view and sample it came from.
Paint matches compare digital swatches for design inspiration. They are not physical equivalents of light from space. Edits create a new design palette. The original representation remains unchanged.
Sources
- 3D Resources — NASA
- Global Callisto in Color — NASA
- Global texture (NASA 3D Resources) — NASA 3D Resources
- Planetary Satellite Physical Parameters — NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics
- Planetary Satellite Mean Elements — NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics
Image credits
- Galileo global view in colour: NASA/JPL/DLR. NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines). Resized for the web from the publisher’s file (sha256 6b1607c5dfb7ce3f5cf1ceffe3a98e3c88607090b39367904f19bb526cfedc24).
- Global texture (NASA 3D Resources): USGS, JPL & Caltech. NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines). Resized for the web from the publisher’s file (sha256 b9f4fa5db94debabd12814853fd132db3449889646a490b6f95a897b2c47b121).
Images were resized once for the web; colours were measured from the published files (k-means in OKLab, pcke-oklab-kmeans-1); calculated colours use the CIE 1931 2° observer. Facts last reviewed 25 October 2026. Catalogue pcke-cosmos-2026-10-25, page revision 59546e2cd038. No ESA, ESO or NASA endorsement is implied.