Skip to content
paintcolorkeColour for every idea My projects

Palette collection · Retro and pixel art

Retro arcade colour palettes

Neon cabinet glow, joystick reds and high-score yellows on a dark arcade floor, for retro posters, gaming bars and stream graphics.

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

Retro arcade palettes

Showing 24 of 24 palettes.

Midnight marquee

No. 3958 · Featured · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Cool

Turquoise and Grape Candy with a Warm Blue accent on a crow ground. Bright neon on a near-black ground, like a cabinet in a dark room.

Neon arcade

No. 3970 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Vivid · Warm

Chocolate and Neon Red with a Warm Blue accent on a linen ground. Made for retro posters, a gaming bar or stream art.

Pinball level

No. 3913 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Cool

Corn with a Warm Blue accent on a crow ground. Keep one neon as the hero and the rest as glow.

Coin-op night

No. 4005 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Nectarine and Deep Sky Blue with a Grape Candy accent on a dark moon ground. Bright neon on a near-black ground, like a cabinet in a dark room.

Coin-op marquee

No. 4090 · 6 colours · Mid-tone · Vivid · Warm

Neon Red and Nectarine with a Royal Lavender accent on a dark moon ground. Made for retro posters, a gaming bar or stream art.

Cabinet stage

No. 3814 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Vivid · Mixed

Warm Blue and Red Radish with a Grape Candy accent on a crow ground. Keep one neon as the hero and the rest as glow.

Bonus night

No. 4184 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Warm

Papaya and Pomegranate with a Shore accent on a raven ground. Bright neon on a near-black ground, like a cabinet in a dark room.

Player One glow

No. 4164 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Corn with a Hibiscus accent on a dark moon ground. Made for retro posters, a gaming bar or stream art.

Cabinet round

No. 3861 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Corn and Grape Candy with a Light Green accent on a raven ground. Keep one neon as the hero and the rest as glow.

Turbo stage

No. 4024 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Honey and Plum with an Emerald accent on a snowflake ground. Bright neon on a near-black ground, like a cabinet in a dark room.

Token run

No. 4122 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Warm

Vivid Raspberry with a Butter accent on a raven ground. Made for retro posters, a gaming bar or stream art.

Turbo run

No. 3844 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Warm

Butter and Pomegranate with a Light Green accent on a dark moon ground. Keep one neon as the hero and the rest as glow.

Joystick glow

No. 3887 · 6 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Mixed

Grape Candy and Canyon Sunset with a Shore accent on a dark moon ground. Bright neon on a near-black ground, like a cabinet in a dark room.

Bonus arcade

No. 3846 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Vivid · Cool

Light Green and Grape Candy with a Deep Sky Blue accent on a raven ground. Made for retro posters, a gaming bar or stream art.

Turbo arcade

No. 4300 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Cool

Chocolate and Sea with a Plum accent on a white smoke ground. Keep one neon as the hero and the rest as glow.

Bonus level

No. 3952 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Cool

Light Green with a Turquoise accent on a dark moon ground. Bright neon on a near-black ground, like a cabinet in a dark room.

Cabinet night

No. 4033 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Vivid · Mixed

Vivid Raspberry and Corn with a Royal Blue accent on a crow ground. Made for retro posters, a gaming bar or stream art.

Player One round

No. 3808 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Vivid · Cool

Neon Fuchsia and Aquamarine with a Royal Blue accent on a dark moon ground. Keep one neon as the hero and the rest as glow.

Cabinet glow

No. 3991 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Cool

Aqua with a Pastel Green accent on a raven ground. Bright neon on a near-black ground, like a cabinet in a dark room.

Neon glow

No. 4112 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Warm

Papaya and Golden Goose with a Vivid Raspberry accent on a crow ground. Made for retro posters, a gaming bar or stream art.

High Score run

No. 3870 · 6 colours · Mid-tone · Vivid · Cool

Neon Blue and Hibiscus with a Warm Blue accent on a dark moon ground. Keep one neon as the hero and the rest as glow.

High Score level

No. 3882 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Vivid · Mixed

Nectarine and Royal Blue with a Dark Pink accent on a crow ground. Bright neon on a near-black ground, like a cabinet in a dark room.

Insert Coin marquee

No. 3967 · 5 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Cool

Hibiscus and Warm Blue with a Sea accent on a magnolia ground. Made for retro posters, a gaming bar or stream art.

Midnight night

No. 4128 · 4 colours · Mid-tone · Balanced · Warm

Neon Fuchsia with a Radish accent on a dark moon ground. Keep one neon as the hero and the rest as glow.

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.