(transitive, computer graphics) To encode (an image) efficiently by mapping its pixels to a palette containing only those colours that are actually present in the image.

A caramel lollipop. / An ice lolly. / An ice lolly made from fresh fruit. These natural paletas may be sold along with commercial sugared ones.

present participle of palettize

simple past tense and past participle of palettize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palettize

plural of paleta

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palette swap

(graphical user interface) A window often with miniaturized graphical user interface widgets housing a collection of related tools/commands for a particular task. The contemporary behavior is for the window to be a floating palette, floating over the main document window.

simple past tense and past participle of palette swap

(computer graphics, video games) To change the color palette used to render a palettized image.