Apple II Palette Converter

Hi-res, Apple style.

Unprocessed source photograph — Original

Photograph converted to the Apple II palette with Floyd-Steinberg dithering — Apple II · Floyd-Steinberg

Convert your image to Apple II

The Apple II produced colour as a side effect of how its video signal interacted with NTSC television, which gave it a small and slightly unpredictable palette with strong violets and greens.

The result is a look that is harder to place than the console palettes but immediately reads as early home computing.

A softer, less console-flavoured retro treatment.

Other palettes

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