Have you ever wanted to create a perfect retro game, but had no ideas for what colors to use? Here, I found a color palette that resembles that of a backlit Gameboy, ready to use. simply take the RGB or Hex value, and insert it into your game. It's as easy as that!
Here is a full table of all the information you need:
| Image | RGB | Hex |
|---|---|---|
 | [0, 79, 58] | #004f3a |
 | [0, 105, 74] | #00694a |
 | [0, 154, 112] | #009a70 |
 | [0, 181, 130] | #00b582 |
Here are some code examples for drawing a rectangle and changing it's color based on the palette. For simplicity, every example will use the darkest green. They may also use Libraries.
1) HTML/CSS
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.rectangle {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: rgb(0, 79, 58);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="rectangle"></div>
</body>
</html>
2) Javascript
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div id="rectangle" style="width:100px; height:100px;"></div>
<script>
document.getElementById("rectangle").style.backgroundColor = rgb(0, 79, 58);
</script>
</body>
</html>
3) Python (TKinter)
import pygame
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))
running = True
while running:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
running = False
screen.fill((255, 255, 255))
pygame.draw.rect(screen, (0, 79, 58), (100, 100, 100, 100))
pygame.display.flip()
pygame.quit()
4) Java
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class RectangleColorChange extends JPanel {
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.setColor(new Color(0, 79, 58));
g.fillRect(50, 50, 100, 100);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(200, 200);
frame.add(new RectangleColorChange());
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
5) C# (Unity)
using UnityEngine;
public class RectangleColorChange : MonoBehaviour {
void OnGUI() {
GUI.color = new Color(0f, 79f/255f, 58f/255f);
GUI.Box(new Rect(100, 100, 100, 100), GUIContent.none);
}
}
6) C++ (SDL)
#include <SDL.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
SDL_Window* window = SDL_CreateWindow("Rectangle Color Change", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 800, 600, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
SDL_Renderer* renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED);
SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, 0, 79, 58, 255);
SDL_Rect rect = {100, 100, 100, 100};
SDL_RenderFillRect(renderer, &rect);
SDL_RenderPresent(renderer);
SDL_Delay(3000);
SDL_DestroyRenderer(renderer);
SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
SDL_Quit();
return 0;
}
7) Swift (SpriteKit)
import SpriteKit
import GameplayKit
class GameScene: SKScene {
override func didMove(to view: SKView) {
let rectangle = SKShapeNode(rectOf: CGSize(width: 100, height: 100))
rectangle.fillColor = SKColor(red: 0/255, green: 79/255, blue: 58/255, alpha: 1)
rectangle.position = CGPoint(x: frame.midX, y: frame.midY)
addChild(rectangle)
}
}
@main
struct MyApp: App {
var body: some Scene {
WindowGroup {
ContentView()
}
}
}
8) Kotlin (LibGDX)
import com.badlogic.gdx.ApplicationAdapter
import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.glutils.ShapeRenderer
class MyGdxGame : ApplicationAdapter() {
private lateinit var shapeRenderer: ShapeRenderer
override fun create() {
shapeRenderer = ShapeRenderer()
}
override fun render() {
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT)
shapeRenderer.begin(ShapeRenderer.ShapeType.Filled)
shapeRenderer.color = com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color(0f, 79/255f, 58/255f, 1f)
shapeRenderer.rect(100f, 100f, 100f, 100f)
shapeRenderer.end()
}
override fun dispose() {
shapeRenderer.dispose()
}
}
9) Ruby (Gosu)
require 'gosu'
class GameWindow < Gosu::Window
def initialize
super 800, 600
self.caption = "Rectangle Color Change"
end
def draw
Gosu.draw_rect(100, 100, 100, 100, Gosu::Color.rgb(0, 79, 58))
end
end
window = GameWindow.new
window.show
10) Lua (Love2D)
function love.draw()
love.graphics.setColor(0, 79/255, 58/255)
love.graphics.rectangle("fill", 100, 100, 100, 100)
end
I hope this helped you!
P.S. I know that including 10 languages was a little much, but once I started, I didn't want to stop (Gotta love GameDev procrastination)
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Thanks for the colors pallet. Do you have any more to suggest?
It is one of my two retro colors pallets, the other is green, red, blue, and grey
Thank you!