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palette swap

palette swap verb: to change the color palette used to render a palettized image.

Verb

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

  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

Noun

palette swap (plural palette swaps)

  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.

Forms of palette swap

Verb
third-person singular presentpalette swaps
present participlepalette swapping
past participlepalette swapped
pastpalette swapped
Noun
pluralpalette swaps

Questions about palette swap

What does palette swap mean?
Palette swap means to change the color palette used to render a palettized image.
What part of speech is palette swap?
Palette swap can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of palette swap?
The past tense of palette swap is palette swapped.

Words near palette swap in the dictionary

  1. Paletta
  2. Palettas
  3. palette
  4. palette knife
  5. palette knives
  6. palette swap
  7. palette swapped
  8. palette swapping
  9. palette swaps
  10. palette window
  11. palette windows

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