Columbia School of the Arts - Interactive Design I

Columbia University - School of the Arts		Interactive Design 1
Prof. Marc Johnson		Fall 2000

	Color Palette Reduction

By reducing the number of colors in the palette, you can achieve a significant reduction in the size of the image, at some cost to quality. The trick is finding the minimum number of colors needed to render your image acceptably. Here are some examples using type:

4 colors - not enough

5 colors - barely acceptable

6 colors - acceptable

7 colors - nearly indistinguishable from 8

8 colors - well rendered

		4 colors - not enough
		5 colors - barely acceptable
		6 colors - acceptable
		7 colors - nearly indistinguishable from 8
		8 colors - well rendered