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palette swap en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. An 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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palette swaps Number=Plur lexicographic

palette swap en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To 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. 2007 April, GameAxis Unwired:

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palette swaps Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
palette swapped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
palette swapped Tense=Past lexicographic
palette swapping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic