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Cobalt

Painting program for textural, expressive pixel art with an eight-colour constraint, running on Windows, Linux and the Nintendo DS.

Why it’s a gem

Deliberate eight-colour limit produces a texture-led style other editors discourage

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Author
Ben Bridle
Type
Website
License
paid
Added
Aug 17, 2026
Domain
benbridle.com
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