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A moon of Neptune. Explore its views, where their colours came from, and palettes you can use.
Featured palette: Voyager 2 global colour mosaic (Sampled from this image)
#908B86#AFA8A6#716C62#908C87#504E47#D1C7C3#2E2E2B
Credit: USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech.
About Triton
A moon of Neptune.
| Classification | Moon |
|---|---|
| Parent body | Neptune |
| Mean radius | 1,352.6 km ± 2.4 kmmean radius · NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics |
| Orbital period | 5.88 daysorbital period around Neptune · mean elements, epoch 2000-01-01.5 TDB · NASA JPL Solar System Dynamics |
Why these colours?
Voyager 2 global colour mosaic
NASA’s caption explains that colour was synthesised from orange, violet and ultraviolet images displayed as red, green and blue, so it is not natural colour.
From: Voyager 2 global colour mosaic Enhanced visible colour
Global texture (NASA 3D Resources)
Stitched together from limited Voyager imagery by the USGS. 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 Triton.
Voyager 2 global colour mosaic
Sampled from this image · Voyager 2 global colour mosaic
#908B86RGB 144, 139, 134region average#AFA8A6RGB 175, 168, 16623% of the region#716C62RGB 113, 108, 9821% of the region#908C87RGB 144, 140, 13520% of the region#504E47RGB 80, 78, 7116% of the region#D1C7C3RGB 209, 199, 19511% of the region#2E2E2BRGB 46, 46, 439% of the region
See where these colours came from
Global texture (NASA 3D Resources)
Sampled from this image · Global texture (NASA 3D Resources)
#817C77RGB 129, 124, 119region average#757066RGB 117, 112, 10224% of the region#53524ARGB 83, 82, 7421% of the region#9A9692RGB 154, 150, 14619% of the region#343532RGB 52, 53, 5019% of the region#C2BAB6RGB 194, 186, 18216% of the region
See where these colours came from
Creative palettes inspired by Triton
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 Triton
Inspired by this object
#2E2E2BRGB 46, 46, 43from #2E2E2B#514F48RGB 81, 79, 72from #504E47#777267RGB 119, 114, 103from #716C62#9B9792RGB 155, 151, 146from #908C87#C4BDBBRGB 196, 189, 187from #AFA8A6#F0E5E1RGB 240, 229, 225from #D1C7C3
Colours of the first view of Triton with their lightness spread evenly, for a design palette.
Explore the views and the 3D model
Voyager 2 global colour mosaicEnhanced visible colourGlobal 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 Color Mosaic of Triton — 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
- Voyager 2 global colour mosaic: NASA/JPL/USGS. NASA media (not copyrighted; see the NASA image and media guidelines). Resized for the web from the publisher’s file (sha256 af27079c92529ce6201855a71bca615568a883ea0fdd471759ddc39eef15598c).
- Global texture (NASA 3D Resources): USGS (Tammy Becker), JPL & Caltech. NASA 3D Resources (free, without copyright; NASA media guidelines). Resized for the web from the publisher’s file (sha256 6a5015beaf860426d9505f054565c9ad28ba3822054d5b750c74b4d8e61eb4f3).
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 d0f552c8f7e2. No ESA, ESO or NASA endorsement is implied.