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Game Boy colour palettes

Palette collection · Retro and pixel art

Game Boy colour palettes

The four-shade green screen of the original Game Boy with its HEX values, and palettes built from those greens and the handheld’s grey and berry buttons.

All gaming
  • 24 palettes
  • 101 colours
  • 4–6 colours each

Colour codes

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Darkest
Dark
Light
Lightest

Game Boy palettes

Showing 24 of 24 palettes.

Screen cart

No. 3914 · Featured · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Kale and Dark Pink with a Citrus accent on a midnight velvet ground. Four greens that read like an old LCD screen.

Classic cart

No. 4012 · 5 colours · Dark · Balanced · Warm

Iron and Zucchini with a Berry accent on a pea ground. Perfect for pixel art, chiptune posters and retro UI.

Cartridge menu

No. 4242 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Muted · Warm

Radish with a Granite accent on a silver ground. The berry red works as a single button accent.

Handheld level

No. 4157 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Muted · Cool

Leaf and Nickel with a Concrete accent on a midnight velvet ground. The berry red works as a single button accent.

Select menu

No. 4206 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Kale and Dark Pink with a Leaf accent on a midnight velvet ground. Four greens that read like an old LCD screen.

Select sprite

No. 4231 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Ebony with a Hibiscus accent on a platinum ground. Perfect for pixel art, chiptune posters and retro UI.

Handheld tile

No. 4156 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Warm

Dark Pink and Kale with a Honey and Thyme accent on a dark olive ground. The berry red works as a single button accent.

Pixel tile

No. 4158 · 5 colours · Dark · Muted · Cool

Granite and Shadow Purple with an Avocado accent on a silver ground. Four greens that read like an old LCD screen.

Screen tile

No. 4225 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Sea Lion with a Strawberry Moon accent on a zucchini ground. Perfect for pixel art, chiptune posters and retro UI.

Pocket screen

No. 4216 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Dark Pink and Nickel with a Citrus accent on an ebony ground. The berry red works as a single button accent.

Handheld screen

No. 4226 · 6 colours · Dark · Balanced · Mixed

Avocado and Raspberry with a Midnight Velvet accent on a silver ground. Four greens that read like an old LCD screen.

Dot Matrix pack

No. 4040 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Warm

Citrus and Nickel with a Strawberry Moon accent on a zucchini ground. Perfect for pixel art, chiptune posters and retro UI.

Battery menu

No. 4048 · 5 colours · Dark · Balanced · Mixed

Ebony and Volcanic Island with a Berry accent on a citrus ground. The berry red works as a single button accent.

Pocket cart

No. 3980 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Pine with a Fern accent on a coconut milk ground. Four greens that read like an old LCD screen.

Pixel menu

No. 4109 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Cool

Citrus and Silver with a Kale accent on an ebony ground. Perfect for pixel art, chiptune posters and retro UI.

Cartridge map

No. 4120 · 5 colours · Dark · Balanced · Cool

Avocado and Shadow Purple with a Pine accent on a platinum ground. The berry red works as a single button accent.

Pocket menu

No. 4228 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Sea Lion with a Strawberry Moon accent on a zucchini ground. Four greens that read like an old LCD screen.

Retro screen

No. 4008 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Warm

Nickel and Honey and Thyme with a Strawberry Moon accent on a zucchini ground. Perfect for pixel art, chiptune posters and retro UI.

Cartridge sprite

No. 4214 · 6 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Grey and Pine with a Raspberry accent on a polar bear ground. The berry red works as a single button accent.

Dot Matrix level

No. 4248 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Muted · Mixed

Zinc and Strawberry Moon with a Grey Marble accent on a midnight velvet ground. Four greens that read like an old LCD screen.

Battery level

No. 4224 · 4 colours · Dark · Balanced · Warm

Berry with an Avocado accent on a tropical fog ground. The berry red works as a single button accent.

See the colours in use

Ways to use these colours

Pixel art and game jams

Small palettes keep sprites readable: one dark for outlines, one light for highlights and a few mid colours.

Posters and merch

Retro colours print well as flat colour; add a dark ground for a screen-like glow.