palette swap

verb

To change the color palette used to render a palettized image.

“Nintendo's Luigi character started out as a palette swap of Mario.”

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Meanings

verbpalette swap (third-person singular simple present palette swaps, present participle palette swapping, simple past and past participle palette swapped)

present singular third person palette swaps · participle present palette swapping · participle past palette swapped · past palette swapped

  1. computer graphicsTo change the color palette used to render a palettized image.

    While there's a decent variety of enemy types in the game, those same enemies also tend to get palette swapped as the game progresses.

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nounpalette swap (plural palette swaps)

plural palette swaps

  1. computer graphicsAn image that is the same as another but rendered with a different colour palette.

    Nintendo's Luigi character started out as a palette swap of Mario.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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