Palette
Defines a named color palette with up to 64 slots. This is the source for Palette Remap’s variant generation.
Each slot holds a name (like “Crimson” or “Forest”) and an RGBA value. Wire the node into Palette Remap to get one variant per slot, recolored to that slot’s color and named after it in Export Batch.
Filling the Palette from Swatches
Section titled “Filling the Palette from Swatches”From Swatches…, beside Import and Export, opens the same palette list as the Swatches panel’s selector (document palettes first, then the built-in libraries). Picking one replaces the node’s slots with its colors in one undoable step. You can also drag a selection of swatches from the Swatches panel onto the graph canvas to create a Palette node holding them.
Importing & Exporting Palettes
Section titled “Importing & Exporting Palettes”Import loads palette files from other apps, detecting the format and reading every color and name.
Supported Import Formats
Section titled “Supported Import Formats”| Format | Extension | Type | Produced by |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIMP Palette | .gpl | Text | GIMP, Krita, Aseprite, Inkscape |
| Adobe Swatch Exchange | .ase | Binary | Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Affinity |
| Microsoft / JASC PAL | .pal | Binary or Text | Paint Shop Pro, Aseprite |
| Aseprite Sprite | .aseprite | Binary | Aseprite (extracts palette from sprite file) |
Supported Export Formats
Section titled “Supported Export Formats”| Format | Extension | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GIMP Palette | .gpl | Text-based, widely compatible |
| Adobe Swatch Exchange | .ase | Binary, RGB color model |
| JASC PAL | .pal | Text variant, compatible with Aseprite and Paint Shop Pro |
Import Notes
Section titled “Import Notes”- Imported colors replace all existing palette slots.
- A file with more than 64 colors imports its first 64, and the node says so. To choose which colors go, or split them across several nodes, import it into the Swatches panel and use Send to Node.
- Color names are preserved when the format supports them (GPL, ASE, Aseprite). Unnamed colors are auto-labeled “Color 1”, “Color 2”, etc.
.palfiles are auto-detected as either RIFF PAL (binary) or JASC-PAL (text)..asepritefiles are full sprite files; ArcBrush extracts the embedded palette.- CMYK colors in ASE files are converted to RGB.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Pins
Color
Display name for this palette (saved with exports)
Palette slot list (edited via the slot widget)
Usage Tips
Section titled “Usage Tips”- Name your palette slots descriptively, since Export Batch uses the names as filenames.
- Use the eyedropper to pick colors from reference images.
- Drag a swatch row’s grip to reorder colors; an insertion line shows where it will land, and the reorder is one undo step.
- Wire the same Palette into several Palette Remap nodes to generate matching variants across different assets.