How to Swap a Sprite's Color Palette

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Look at your sprite's current colours.

   Open it up in an image editing program.
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   Step 2: Notice that the sprite is only made up of so many colours

   ,,,,,, For example, in Microsoft Paint, open the Pick Colour tool, and left click on the darkest colour of your sprite's palette.
   
   Then click on it again, and right click on the darkest colour of the new palette. , Right click and drag it along the sprite, it will replace the "old" darkest colour with the new one. ,
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   Step 3: use the "Pick Colour" (or whatever its equivalent is) to pick out the darkest colour.

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   Step 4: Draw a single block (5 x 5 pixels should be large enough) in that colour.

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   Step 5: Select the next darkest colour and put another 5 x 5 block of that colour next to the first.

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   Step 6: Repeat this until you have every colour from the sprite down

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   Step 7: this is the sprite's palette.

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   Step 8: Decide what colour scheme you want to change your sprite to (see the tips section for more details on obtaining new palettes).

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   Step 9: Transfer both palettes and the sprite to MS Paint if you are not already using it.

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    Step 10: Find the darkest color.

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    Step 11: Select the eraser tool.

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    Step 12: Repeat the last two steps with the other colours to finish the palette swap.

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