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title: "Cobalt"
description: "Painting program for textural, expressive pixel art with an eight-colour constraint, running on Windows, Linux and the Nintendo DS."
canonical: "https://vibing.inc/library/cobalt-vg-0359"
category: "Community Finds"
subcategory: "Pixel art"
license: "paid"
author: "Ben Bridle"
source: "https://benbridle.com/projects/cobalt.html"
---

# Cobalt
Painting program for textural, expressive pixel art with an eight-colour constraint, running on Windows, Linux and the Nintendo DS.
## Facts
- Source: https://benbridle.com/projects/cobalt.html
- Category: Community Finds / Pixel art
- Author: Ben Bridle
- Licence: paid
- Tags: pixel-art, editor, constraint, nintendo-ds
## Why it's a gem
Deliberate eight-colour limit produces a texture-led style other editors discourage
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Listed in The Vibeary: https://vibing.inc/library/cobalt-vg-0359 · JSON: https://vibing.inc/api/public/library/gems/cobalt-vg-0359