Rejected Palettes

Trying some @rejectedpalettes.bsky.social! The concept is really appealing to me and the palettes there are not too shabby!

Here's a little cozy futuristic café using the palette Cyberpunk by Netic!

#pixelart #cyberpunk

Thank you kindly for giving those palettes a chance! The art is extremely well done and showcases ways to use the colors well.

Wow!! Amazing art! Love it so much, the color usage is so lovely!

What an amazing art! This cold palette fits so well with the character's mood and pose. I really like the noise effect applied throughout, it makes me so glad that non-pixelartists are also enjoying Rejected Palettes.

This awesome art plays with the palette's strengths in a smart way! Are the colors harsh? Definitely, so this is why the neon lights look so striking and bright. The tall canvas makes the art feel more oppressive and wondruous, as if you're entering this decrepit building. Really cool!

I keep telling myself to post more #pixelart so here you go. <w<;
More goofy huge-eyes OCs in a palette I picked up from @rejectedpalettes.bsky.social; this one is using the Monokai palette, from the text editor of the same name, I think!

160x240px.ea. at 2xzoom.
pal: Monokai, by Papaponcho

#latex

pixelart illustration in different shades of orange and dark blues. The picture shows the portrait of a hooded, anthropomorphic crow person, Looking down at the viewer. The crow grabs the hood at the front with a crow claw like hand. Poofy little feathers burst out under the hood and cape where they can. In the background one can see a bright burning fire, maybe from a campsite, and the orange glowing moon is looming over some treetops In the Top right corner is the signature of the artist (Sabaku) and the number "003". In the lower right corner you can read the name of the color palette (Orange/Blue) and see all the colors of the palette in a color strip

I'm choosing color palettes from #RejectedPalettes and make pixelart with them.

Entry # 003 was made with
Orange/ Blue Contrast by Darius Anton


@RejectedPalettes.bsky.social
#pixelart

my ko-fi

🎣🐧 Just a quiet day of #Fishing
Tried MagicFire by Carp from #RejectedPalettes

@pixeldailies.bsky.social PD #172
@rejectedpalettes.bsky.social

#pixelart #pixel_dailies #ドット絵 #aseprite

Someone in armor, carrying a sword on a spiral staircase, is turning to look at something that is probably horrible. Something is on the blade. It might be blood, or... (11 colors used from a palette of 12. Also, I am afraid of the jpeg conversion process)

Tried something for #RPL2026Challenge using the
"Happy New Year 2026 :D" palette by Spriter Gors gors.bsky.social

Happy New Year 2026 :D by Gors

Happy New Year! May 2026 bring you lots of fun experiences and creative endeavors. @gors.bsky.social has created a palette challenge: Create art with this palette and tag it with #RPL2026Challenge to be featured! sites.google.com/view/rejecte...

タピオカミルクティーとポテトを楽しんでいるミュツキちゃん（ネコミミのオリキャラ）。ラベルには「ワガママタピオカティー」と書かれている

「ナルト」より「うちはイタチ」が犬を撫でている

双子の女手品師。トランプカードとウサギで手品をしています

マリアッチ三人組。サボテンの間に楽器を弾いています。 テキスト：Soul of Tenochtitlán (テノチティトランの魂)。テノチティトランはアステカ帝国の都で、現代のメキシコシティです

とあるドット絵サイトのパレットとドット絵の奉納のルールが理不尽すぎて僕の作品を何度も拒まれたことがありました。その分けで僕は友人と共に「Rejected Palettes」（不合格パレット）というサイトを建て、没になったパレットを収納し始めました。そのパレットはだれでも使ってもよく、ドット絵だけではなくデジタルアートに採用しても構いません。
完成したアートはサイトギャラリーに載せることができ、かつて不便だといわれたパレットの真の魅力を堪能することができます。
sites.google.com/view/rejecte...

We are delighted to see someone use the palettes in such a thoughtful way! The art pieces are so lovely and expressive, and it's always a joy to see the thought process behind its creation.
Visit #RejectedPalettes and make your art, too!

...and more! Enjoy yout time at Rejected Palettes!

We hope that you'll enjoy our content! If you want to follow us closely, join our official Discord channel and chat with our community! We also update the site constantly to improve the usability. Check us out! 👉 discord.com/invite/Y2MRZ...

Can I submit a palette? Contribute to the ever-growing collection!

We normally only add palettes that were formally rejected by Lospec, but if you want to submit directly, use the same form or the official Discord server and fill it accordingly to send your own palette. We accept .PAL files!

Can I be part of the site's gallery? Your hard work is recognized!

Post your art on your personal networks, and send it to us via our official form, or through the official Discord server! We'll add your artwork into our gallery in a timely manner. You're free to remove them at a later date if you want, too. t.co/B8ScRMkB0G

How do I participate? We'll be glad to have you onboard!

Are you interested in participating? Simply choose a palette from our site's Palette List and make art with it! Although we have a focus on pixel art, any digital art featuring them is valid! As long as you have fun creating, that's what matters. 👉 t.co/K5UZjzoYQA

What is Rejected Palettes? A quick introduction

We created this project in November 2020 to instigate creativity. We collect palettes that didn't make it into the Lospec palette list so that people can make art with them. A lot of skillful artists have contributed to our gallery so far!

Rejected Palettes: Challenge the unusual.

Hello and welcome to Rejected Palettes, a site/community created by @gors.bsky.social and @ckelsallpxls.bsky.social, where we appreciate art made with unorthodox palettes that were rejected by Lospec. Follow the thread! 🧵

Hello, RejectedPalettes appreciators. I'm glad to see artists make stuff with the paleetes I host.

If you want your art to be featured in the Official RPL Gallery, please visit our discord server and post your art there! I'll be glad to add them there.

Wow! I feel honored to be mentioned in your video! I didn't expect this so it's an awesome surprise! I'll be watching this later today.

Wow! Awesome work! Well done!

Scientific by Alper Akalın. A Girl waving and smiling. Made by Sabakudoesart

red gb by Monsterfight Tcg. An old lady with a mushroom hat. Made by Sabakudoesart

bloodstem by Dr. Jetson. Pixel art of Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Made by Dioshiba

ROBOTWORLD by Basement Hobo. A Vampiress holding a skull. Made by Dioshiba

After hours working on the site update, I am proud to say: RPL is up to date! And thanks to the incredible art pieces by @dioshiba.newgrounds.com and @sabakudoesart.bsky.social, the site is prettier than ever! Check the gallery out!

sites.google.com/view/rejecte...

Please join our Discord channel to talk about RPL and submit your art in an easier way!

Please join our Discord channel to talk about RPL and submit your art in an easier way!

Scientific by Alper Akalın. A Girl waving and smiling. Made by Sabakudoesart

red gb by Monsterfight Tcg. An old lady with a mushroom hat. Made by Sabakudoesart

bloodstem by Dr. Jetson. Pixel art of Lace from Hollow Knight Silksong. Made by Dioshiba

ROBOTWORLD by Basement Hobo. A Vampiress holding a skull. Made by Dioshiba

After hours working on the site update, I am proud to say: RPL is up to date! And thanks to the incredible art pieces by @dioshiba.newgrounds.com and @sabakudoesart.bsky.social, the site is prettier than ever! Check the gallery out!

sites.google.com/view/rejecte...

are you aware of this project?

@rejectedpalettes.bsky.social

Pixel Art Illustration of "DK", a character from the game "Demon Tides". He is standing there with broad legs and arms crossed, looking to the right. He is a shadowy space being that has kind of a humanoid shape with fluffy hair bound to a high ponytail, but the skin is looking like it's made out of space itself, while the eyes are glowing yellow. In the pixelart illustration the skin is simplified to a dark blue-purple hue. He has lenky arms and big hands that have bandages wrapped around, he has also bandages around the mouth and around the waist. He is wearing bright yellow pants with wide trouser cuffs. He's wearing pink sandals, and would also wear a pink top, but its obscured by the big hands . The background is filled with a light pink. Only a few silhouettes of clouds are also in the background + the silhouettes of two tiny birds. In the lower half of the picture is a palette of all the used colors + the signature of the artist ("Sabaku, 2025")

Hottake: The best DK out there (he is from Demon Tides

#Pixel_dailies theme #dk for @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Palette: "Chills" by Buzzoopa
@rejectedpalettes.bsky.social

ko-fi

#pixelart #fanart

Pixel art of five women in various outfits. CW from noon: A red-eyed tan-skinned, shorter woman in a low-cut green crop top with curly, blue-grey hair tied back in a short ponytail and loose bangs on her right side. A tall green-eyed woman with an amber one-piece swimsuit and long, straight, blue hair pulled back in a ponytail. An even taller big-tiddy robot with an old-style security camera for a head standing in the rain wearing a wet track jacket. A purple-eyed ginger imp girl with straight, short, somewhat messy pink/rose/red hair, green horns, and olive skin wearing a white choker zipper bandeau top and shorts. A hazel-eyed, brown skinned woman with even messier short white hair, green eyelashes and fignernails, and an outfit that a bootleg of Aeon Fluxx might have worn to a French nightclub in 2001 (if anyone has actually read the alt text this far and wants a proper description, let me know and I'll happily do it in a followup post ;0; <3). The first, second, and fourth character have a smaller pixel art sprite of that character in their respective costumes. Each element is attended by a watermark and timecode.

Oh right I should post some art.

Some ladies I doodled ages ago using colours from "Jacob Lenard palette" by HunterRuizFan543 on @rejectedpalettes.bsky.social.

The larger images are from October 2021; the smaller sprites are from June of last year. I should draw the missing ones, too...

#pixelart

Venom-8 by RetroNova: https://sites.google.com/view/rejected-palettes/palette-list/pages-11-15/page-15#h.wc020i4z00ij

VHS City by Yari <3: https://sites.google.com/view/rejected-palettes/palette-list/pages-11-15/page-15#h.ax1o5pqyevcj

made some girls with colors from @rejectedpalettes.bsky.social , they were next to each other in the list so I had to make them besties :3 🎨 (original palette names & authors in the alt text, & click to see the full picture!) #art #digitalart #y2k #frutigermetro #cybercore

pixelart illustration in very vibrant colors, mostly warm orange and bright green and red. The picture shows the portrait of a person looking over her shoulder and waving at the viewer. She has elf like ears, green hair and big anime style eyes. She is wearing something that looks like a dress with a deep neckline. She is also holding a wooden staff in the other hand.

Self imposed challenge!

I'm choosing color palettes from #RejectedPalettes and make pixelart with them. This is my first entry of (hopefully) many to come!

Entry # 001 was made with
Scientific by Alper Akalın

@RejectedPalettes.bsky.social #rejectedColors