List of color palettes by index number in Generation I

This is a list of color palettes by index number in Generation I core series games.

Color formats

In Generation I core series games, all palettes have four colors, numbered from 0 to 3. In the monochrome Game Boy systems, they are equivalent to white, light gray, dark gray, and black.

15-bit RGB

Color example (water tiles)

Red: 20 (10100) Green: 26 (11010) Blue: 31 (11111)
1st byte	2nd byte
GGGRRRRR	XBBBBBGG
01010100	01111111
54	7F

The Super Game Boy and Game Boy Color use the 15-bit RGB format, with 5 bits (a value from 0 to 31) for each color: red, green, and blue.

For instance, the blue color used by water tiles in Pokémon Red and Blue is represented as "20 26 31" (red, green, and blue, respectively). This is stored in the game data as "547F".

These are the steps to convert from "20 26 31" into "547F":

The color values are packed in reverse order (blue, green, and red): "31 26 20".
Convert them to binary and add a single 0 (an unused bit) at the start: "0 11111 11010 10100". This is a 15-bit color stored in a 16-bit (2 bytes) space, equivalent to "01111111 01010100".
Convert them to hexadecimal: "7F54". This is stored in little-endian format (the two bytes are reversed): "547F".

24-bit RGB

The colors shown here have also been converted to the 24-bit RGB format, with 8 bits (a value from 0 to 255; from 0x00 to 0xFF) for each color.

For example, in the Pokémon game data, the blue color used by water tiles in Pokémon Red and Blue is represented as "20 26 31" in 15-bit RGB. This color is also known as "#A5D6FF" in 24-bit RGB, but this value is produced by converting the original 15-bit color and is not stored directly in the games. Some sources (including official websites, fansites, and sprite editing tools) may have slightly different 24-bit RGB values for retro game sprites.

List of color palettes

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Hex	Dec	Palette
0x00	0	Route palette
0x01	1	Pallet Town palette
0x02	2	Viridian City palette
0x03	3	Pewter City palette
0x04	4	Cerulean City palette
0x05	5	Lavender Town palette
0x06	6	Vermilion City palette
0x07	7	Celadon City palette
0x08	8	Fuchsia City palette
0x09	9	Cinnabar Island palette
0x0A	10	Indigo Plateau palette
0x0B	11	Saffron City palette
0x0C	12	Town Map palette
0x0D	13	Version logo palette
0x0E	14	Pokémon logo palette
0x0F	15	Unused palette
0x10	16	Generic palette
0x11	17	Blue Pokémon palette
0x12	18	Red Pokémon palette
0x13	19	Cyan Pokémon palette
0x14	20	Purple Pokémon palette
0x15	21	Brown Pokémon palette
0x16	22	Green Pokémon palette
0x17	23	Pink Pokémon palette
0x18	24	Yellow Pokémon palette
0x19	25	Gray Pokémon palette
0x1A	26	Slot reel palette
0x1B	27	Slot icon 3 palette
0x1C	28	Slot icon 2 palette
0x1D	29	Slot icon 1 palette
0x1E	30	Black palette
0x1F	31	Green HP palette
0x20	32	Yellow HP palette
0x21	33	Red HP palette
0x22	34	Badge palette
0x23	35	Cave palette
0x24	36	Game Freak logo palette
0x25	37	Pikachu's Beach palette^Y
0x26	38	Pikachu interaction palette^Y
0x27	39	Pikachu's Beach logo palette^Y

Shared colors

The same white (color 0) and black (color 3) is equally shared by almost all palettes of each game. Exceptionally, different colors replace black in the logos and text found in the title screen. In Pokémon Yellow, slightly different shades of black are used for the Town Map palette.

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy			Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Game Boy Color
	0^RB	0^G	3^RGB	0	3	0	3

15-bit (original)	31 29 31 BF7F	30 31 29 FE77	3 2 2 4308	31 31 30 FF7B	6 6 6 C618	31 31 31 FF7F	3 3 3 630C
24-bit (converted)	255 239 255 #FFEFFF	247 255 239 #F7FFEF	24 16 16 #181010	255 255 247 #FFFFF7	49 49 49 #313131	255 255 255 #FFFFFF	24 24 24 #181818

Generic palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	30 22 17 DE46	16 14 19 D04D	31 30 22 DF5B	27 16 16 1B42	31 31 0 FF03	31 1 1 3F04
24-bit (converted)	247 181 140 #F7B58C	132 115 156 #84739C	255 247 181 #FFF7B5	222 132 132 #DE8484	255 255 0 #FFFF00	255 8 8 #FF0808

This palette includes orange and purple in early games. They are replaced by yellow and red in Pokémon Yellow, possibly a reference to Pikachu.

It is used by:

All non-player characters in battle, usually causing them to appear with orange or yellow skin depending on the game.
The front and back sprites of Jynx, Mewtwo, and Mew.
All the small Pokémon icons in the party, nickname, and trade screens.
The player Red and all Pokémon such as Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Caterpie, Weedle, and so on, in the title screen.
Professor Oak, Red, Blue, Nidorino^RGB and Pikachu^Y in the new game cutscene.
Red, all Gym Leaders, the numbers from 1 to 8, and the border graphics on the Trainer Card.
The Boulder Badge and the top-left corner of the Rainbow Badge on the Trainer Card.
The diploma.
Pikachu below the logo in the title screen.^Y
Pikachu during the intro cutscenes on the Game Boy Color.^Y
Pikachu using an electric attack during the intro cutscenes on the Super Game Boy.^Y
Pikachu's Beach hi-score screen.^Y

Pokémon Green

Pokémon Red and Blue

Trainer Card
Diploma

Pokémon Yellow (SGB)

Pikachu in the game intro

In this version, the intro cutscenes where Pikachu is kicking, surfing, or flying use the Pikachu's Beach palette instead, causing it to have light blue cheeks (the same color as the sea or the sky) instead of red cheeks.

Pokémon Yellow (GBC)

Pikachu jumping in the game intro
Surfing Pikachu in the game intro
Flying Pikachu in the game intro
Pikachu close-up in the game intro
Trainer Card
Diploma
Pikachu's Beach

Overworld palettes

Animated example of how the palette changes between Route 4 and Cerulean City in Pokémon Green

In the overworld, each area has its own palette, which is applied to the entire screen. When the player moves from one area to another, the palette changes automatically. The buildings have the same color palette indoors as the surrounding area outdoors. All areas except caves share the same value for color 2, a shade of blue most notably used by bodies of water, as well as a complimentary color used in several places such as building walls, signposts, entrance carpets, trash cans, and wall posters.

The overworld sprites that are not part of the background, such as people, Pokémon, item balls, boulders, cuttable trees, and fossils are not individually assigned colors but instead use the same palette as the current area. These sprites have up to three visible colors: black, white, and the color 1 of the current area. The color 2 is used for transparency instead.

Route palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	21 28 11 952F	20 26 31 547F	23 26 19 574F	23 27 31 777F	16 31 4 F013	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	173 231 90 #ADE75A	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	189 214 156 #BDD69C	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	132 255 33 #84FF21	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

This palette is used in routes and the Viridian Forest. It is almost identical to the Viridian City palette, except by a slight difference in the shade of green.

Pallet Town palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	25 28 27 996F	20 26 31 547F	28 27 31 7C7F	23 27 31 777F	23 17 31 377E	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	206 231 222 #CEE7DE	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	231 222 255 #E7DEFF	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	189 140 255 #BD8CFF	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

This palette is used in Pallet Town and Lorelei's room at the Indigo Plateau.

Professor Oak's Laboratory in Pokémon Red and Blue (SGB)
Professor Oak's Laboratory in Pokémon Yellow (SGB)
Professor Oak's Laboratory in Pokémon Yellow (GBC)
Player's house in Pokémon Red and Blue (SGB)
Player's bedroom in Pokémon Red and Blue (SGB)

Viridian City palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	17 26 3 510F	20 26 31 547F	26 31 21 FA57	23 27 31 777F	19 31 0 F303	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	140 214 24 #8CD618	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	214 255 173 #D6FFAD	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	156 255 0 #9CFF00	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

This palette is used in Viridian City and Lorelei's room at the Indigo Plateau. It is almost identical to the Route palette, except by a slight difference in the shade of green.

In the company credits with white background at the start, a few green pixels use this palette. In the Game Freak logo animation, the green stars use this palette.

Viridian City Poké Mart in Pokémon Yellow (GBC)

Pewter City palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	23 25 16 3743	20 26 31 547F	23 23 22 F75A	23 27 31 777F	18 18 15 523E	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	189 206 132 #BDCE84	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	189 189 181 #BDBDB5	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	148 148 123 #94947B	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

Cerulean City palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	17 20 30 917A	20 26 31 547F	22 23 31 F67E	23 27 31 777F	5 8 31 057D	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	140 165 247 #8CA5F7	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	181 189 255 #B5BDFF	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	41 66 255 #2942FF	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

Miracle Cycle in Pokémon Red and Blue (SGB)

Lavender Town palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	27 20 27 9B6E	20 26 31 547F	27 23 29 FB76	23 27 31 777F	25 4 31 997C	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	222 165 222 #DEA5DE	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	222 189 239 #DEBDEF	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	206 33 255 #CE21FF	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

Vermilion City palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	30 18 0 5E02	20 26 31 547F	31 25 16 3F43	23 27 31 777F	31 19 0 7F02	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	247 148 0 #F79400	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	255 206 132 #FFCE84	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	255 156 0 #FF9C00	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

Celadon City palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	16 30 22 D05B	20 26 31 547F	22 31 22 F65B	23 27 31 777F	5 31 5 E517	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	132 247 181 #84F7B5	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	181 255 181 #B5FFB5	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	41 255 41 #29FF29	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

Fuchsia City palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	31 15 22 FF59	20 26 31 547F	31 26 26 5F6B	23 27 31 777F	31 15 15 FF3D	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	255 123 181 #FF7BB5	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	255 214 214 #FFD6D6	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	255 123 123 #FF7B7B	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

This palette is used in Fuchsia City and the Safari Zone.

Cinnabar City palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	26 10 6 5A19	20 26 31 547F	31 15 14 FF39	23 27 31 777F	31 8 8 1F21	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	214 82 49 #D65231	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	255 123 115 #FF7B73	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	255 66 66 #FF4242	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

Indigo Plateau palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	22 14 24 D661	20 26 31 547F	17 17 25 3166	23 27 31 777F	11 8 31 0B7D	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	181 115 198 #B573C6	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	140 140 206 #8C8CCE	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	90 66 255 #5A42FF	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

This palette is used in Indigo Plateau, including Lance's room and the Hall of Fame room. As exceptions, Lorelei, Bruno, and Agatha use the Pallet Town palette, cave palette, and gray Pokémon palette, respectively.

Saffron City palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	27 27 3 7B0F	20 26 31 547F	31 31 19 FF4F	23 27 31 777F	31 31 0 FF03	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	222 222 24 #DEDE18	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	255 255 156 #FFFF9C	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	255 255 0 #FFFF00	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

Cave palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	21 14 9 D525	18 24 22 125B	20 15 11 F42D	22 21 20 B652	23 8 0 1701	17 14 11 D12D
24-bit (converted)	173 115 74 #AD734A	148 198 181 #94C6B5	165 123 90 #A57B5A	181 173 165 #B5ADA5	189 66 0 #BD4200	140 115 90 #8C735A

This palette is used in caves and Bruno's room at the Indigo Plateau.

As seen in Seafoam Islands and Cerulean Cave, the water is either green^RGB or brown^Y inside a cave, as opposed to the light blue water found in other areas. However, in grayscale systems, all bodies of water share the same dark gray color (color ID 2) regardless of the area.

Mt. Moon fossils in Pokémon Green (SGB)
Articuno at Seafoam Islands in Pokémon Red and Blue (SGB)
Seafoam Islands in Pokémon Yellow (GBC)

Town Map palette

	All games Super Game Boy			Pokémon Yellow Game Boy Color
	1	2	3	1	2	3

15-bit (original)	20 26 31 547F	17 23 10 F12A	3 2 2 4308	0 21 31 A07E	10 28 0 8A03	1 1 1 2104
24-bit (converted)	165 214 255 #A5D6FF	140 189 82 #8CBD52	24 16 16 #181010	0 173 255 #00ADFF	82 231 0 #52E700	8 8 8 #080808

In all Generation I games on the Super Game Boy, the Town Map represents sea, land, and routes with the colors blue, green, and white, respectively, except sea routes are represented by black dots on the water.

In Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, the shade of blue "20 26 31" is equally used for water on the Town Map and in the overworld (except in caves). However, in monochrome systems, water is light gray (color 1) on the Town Map but dark gray (color 2) in the overworld. This is a result of using two different IDs for the same color.

In Pokémon Yellow on the Super Game Boy, although the Town Map palette still retains the default white "31 31 30" that is used by all other palettes, this is the only palette to include all the other colors, and specifically the black "3 2 2", from earlier games. Although the Town Map still uses the same shade of blue for water as in earlier games, water tiles in the overworld now use the subtly different "23 27 31" instead.

In Pokémon Yellow on the Game Boy Color, water is darker on the Town Map than in the overworld (the former uses blue "0 21 31"; the latter uses blue "11 23 31"). In this game system, the Town Map is the only palette to use black "1 1 1", which is darker than other options of black available in Generation I games.

Town Map in Pokémon Green
Town Map in Pokémon Red and Blue (international versions)

Pokémon palettes

Main article: List of Pokémon by color palette in Generation I

These palettes are used for the Pokémon sprites (front and back versions), as seen in battles, trades, Hall of Fame, the summary, and Pokédex entries. The generic palette (a palette available for several other things besides Pokémon species) is specifically used for Jynx, Mewtwo, and Mew.

If a Pokémon changes its species by using Transform, it remains with its original palette. This includes Transform called by Mimic, Mirror Move, or Metronome. For instance, Ditto uses the gray Pokémon palette in this generation, and it is able to transform into a gray version of any Pokémon. Alternatively, if Charmander (a red Pokémon) learns Transform via Mimic and then transforms into Bulbasaur, the result would be a red Bulbasaur.

The battle HUD uses the color palette of the player's Pokémon (such as the green Pokémon palette if the player is using Bulbasaur), but this is not normally visible because the HUD only uses black and white by default. Some moves such as Hyper Beam and Reflect affect the entire screen's color palettes, effectively causing the black text and borders to change into a color from the Pokémon's palette. Some glitch Pokémon such as ▶ A include arbitrary pixels in their names, which are shown with the player's Pokémon color palette when they are mentioned in the HUD such as "<Pokémon> used <move>!"

Pikachu (yellow palette) and transformed Ditto (gray palette) in Pokémon Red and Blue
Magikarp (red palette) and transformed Ditto (gray palette) in Pokémon Red and Blue

Blue Pokémon palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	18 20 27 926E	11 15 23 EB5D	21 22 31 D57E	9 10 20 4951	16 18 31 507E	0 1 25 2064
24-bit (converted)	148 165 222 #94A5DE	90 123 189 #5A7BBD	173 181 255 #ADB5FF	74 82 165 #4A52A5	132 148 255 #8494FF	0 8 206 #0008CE

This palette is used by Nidoran♀, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Zubat, Golbat, Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Seel, Dewgong, Tangela, Gyarados, Omanyte, Omastar, Articuno, and Dragonair.

In the company credits with white background at the start, a few blue pixels use this palette. In the Game Freak logo animation, the blue stars use this palette.

Red Pokémon palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	31 20 10 9F2A	26 10 6 5A19	31 24 11 1F2F	26 9 6 3A19	31 17 0 3F02	31 0 0 1F00
24-bit (converted)	255 165 82 #FFA552	214 82 49 #D65231	255 198 90 #FFC65A	214 74 49 #D64A31	255 140 0 #FF8C00	255 0 0 #FF0000

This palette is used by Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard, Vulpix, Gloom, Vileplume, Paras, Parasect, Arcanine, Ponyta, Rapidash, Krabby, Kingler, Goldeen, Seaking, Staryu, Magmar, Magikarp, Flareon, and Moltres.

In the company credits with white background at the start, a few red pixels use this palette. In the Game Freak logo animation, the red stars use this palette.

This palette is used by the top-right corner of the Rainbow Badge, the Soul Badge, and the Volcano Badge on the Trainer Card.

Cyan Pokémon palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	21 25 29 3577	14 19 25 6E66	26 28 31 9A7F	7 24 28 0773	16 26 31 507F	0 17 31 207E
24-bit (converted)	173 206 239 #ADCEEF	115 156 206 #739CCE	214 231 255 #D6E7FF	57 198 231 #39C6E7	132 214 255 #84D6FF	0 140 255 #008CFF

This palette is used by Squirtle, Wartortle, Blastoise, Butterfree, Golduck, Tentacool, Tentacruel, Horsea, Seadra, Lapras, and Vaporeon.

Purple Pokémon palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	27 22 24 DB62	21 15 23 F55D	27 22 30 DB7A	22 15 23 F65D	25 15 31 F97D	19 0 22 1358
24-bit (converted)	222 181 198 #DEB5C6	173 123 189 #AD7BBD	222 181 247 #DEB5F7	181 123 189 #B57BBD	206 123 255 #CE7BFF	156 0 181 #9C00B5

This palette is used by Ekans, Arbok, Nidoran♂, Nidorino, Nidoking, Venonat, Venomoth, Grimer, Muk, Gastly, Haunter, Gengar, Koffing, and Weezing.

In the Gengar vs. Nidorino battle scene from Pokémon Red and Green (including the localized versions of Pokémon Red), both Pokémon use this color palette as expected. However, although this was changed to the Gengar vs. Jigglypuff in Pokémon Blue, Jigglypuff uses this purple palette instead of the usual pink palette.

Brown Pokémon palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	28 20 15 9C3E	21 14 9 D525	26 23 18 FA4A	18 14 10 D229	29 18 10 5D2A	17 9 5 3115
24-bit (converted)	231 165 123 #E7A57B	173 115 74 #AD734A	214 189 148 #D6BD94	148 115 82 #947352	239 148 82 #EF9452	140 74 41 #8C4A29

This palette is used by Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Spearow, Fearow, Sandshrew, Sandslash, Diglett, Dugtrio, Mankey, Primeape, Growlithe, Farfetch'd, Doduo, Dodrio, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Kangaskhan, Pinsir, Kabuto, Kabutops, and Dragonite.

In this generation, all Pokédex entries have a dark brown outline around the screen, which is specifically the color 2 of the brown Pokémon palette.

Pikachu's Pokédex entry in Pokémon Yellow

Green Pokémon palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	20 26 16 5443	9 20 11 892E	24 28 18 984B	13 21 15 AD3E	17 31 11 F12F	1 22 6 C11A
24-bit (converted)	165 214 132 #A5D684	74 165 90 #4AA55A	198 231 148 #C6E794	107 173 123 #6BAD7B	140 255 90 #8CFF5A	8 181 49 #08B531

This palette is used by Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, Caterpie, Metapod, Oddish, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Victreebel, Exeggutor, and Scyther

Pink Pokémon palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	30 22 24 DE62	28 15 21 FC55	31 24 26 1F6B	31 18 21 5F56	31 15 18 FF49	31 0 6 1F18
24-bit (converted)	247 181 198 #F7B5C6	231 123 173 #E77BAD	255 198 214 #FFC6D6	255 148 173 #FF94AD	255 123 148 #FF7B94	255 0 49 #FF0031

This palette is used by Clefairy, Clefable, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Exeggcute, Lickitung, Chansey, Mr. Mime, and Snorlax.

Yellow Pokémon palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	31 28 14 9F3B	26 20 0 9A02	31 31 19 FF4F	28 23 9 FC26	31 31 0 FF03	28 14 0 DC01
24-bit (converted)	255 231 115 #FFE773	214 165 0 #D6A500	255 255 156 #FFFF9C	231 189 74 #E7BD4A	255 255 0 #FFFF00	231 115 0 #E77300

This palette is used by Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill, Pikachu, Raichu, Ninetales, Meowth, Persian, Psyduck, Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam, Drowzee, Hypno, Voltorb, Electrode, Electabuzz, Jolteon, and Zapdos.

This palette is used by the Thunder Badge, the bottom-right corner of the Rainbow Badge, and the Marsh Badge on the Trainer Card.

Gray Pokémon palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	26 21 22 BA5A	15 15 18 EF49	25 25 18 394B	16 16 14 103A	20 23 10 F42A	11 11 5 6B15
24-bit (converted)	214 173 181 #D6ADB5	123 123 148 #7B7B94	206 206 148 #CECE94	132 132 115 #848473	165 189 82 #A5BD52	90 90 41 #5A5A29

This palette is used by Rattata, Raticate, Machop, Machoke, Machamp, Geodude, Graveler, Golem, Magnemite, Magneton, Shellder, Cloyster, Onix, Cubone, Marowak, Rhyhorn, Rhydon, Starmie, Tauros, Ditto, Eevee, Porygon, Aerodactyl, Dratini.

It is also used at the Pokémon Tower and Agatha's room at the Indigo Plateau.

HP palettes

The HP bar is present in Pokémon battles, the party screen, and a Pokémon's summary. This bar is green, yellow, or red, depending on how much remaining HP the Pokémon has. In a Pokémon battle, the Pokémon's species or name or nickname, level, status condition, and the line outside the HP bar also use the black and white colors from the HP bar palette.

The HP palettes share a yellow shade as the color ID 1, which is shortly used as the color of the HP bar or its outline when the entire screen palette is affected by moves such as Hyper Beam and Reflect.

Green HP palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	30 26 15 5E3F	9 20 11 892E	31 31 19 FF4F	0 21 0 A002	31 31 0 FF03	0 31 0 E003
24-bit (converted)	247 214 123 #F7D67B	74 165 90 #4AA55A	255 255 156 #FFFF9C	0 173 0 #00AD00	255 255 0 #FFFF00	0 255 0 #00FF00

Yellow HP palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	30 26 15 5E3F	26 20 0 9A02	31 31 19 FF4F	28 23 9 FC26	31 31 0 FF03	31 18 0 5F02
24-bit (converted)	247 214 123 #F7D67B	214 165 0 #D6A500	255 255 156 #FFFF9C	231 189 74 #E7BD4A	255 255 0 #FFFF00	255 148 0 #FF9400

Red HP palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	30 26 15 5E3F	26 10 6 5A19	31 31 19 FF4F	26 9 6 3A19	31 31 0 FF03	31 0 0 1F00
24-bit (converted)	247 214 123 #F7D67B	214 82 49 #D65231	255 255 156 #FFFF9C	214 74 49 #D64A31	255 255 0 #FFFF00	255 0 0 #FF0000

Logo palettes

In Japanese games, both the ポケットモンスター (Pocket Monsters) and "<game> version" appear completely in black text since their respective colors are exceptionally stored as the color 3.

Pokémon logo palette

	All games Super Game Boy	Pokémon Red (JP) Super Game Boy		Pokémon Green Super Game Boy		Pokémon Blue (JP) Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (JP) Super Game Boy		Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	3

15-bit (original)	30 30 17 DE47	17 23 10 F12A	21 0 4 1510	21 0 4 1510	11 31 3 EB0F	21 0 4 1510	14 19 29 6E76	9 16 12 0932	21 14 9 D525	18 18 24 5262	7 7 16 E740	31 31 0 FF03	7 7 25 E764	0 0 17 0044
24-bit (converted)	247 247 140 #F7F78C	140 189 82 #8CBD52	173 0 33 #AD0021	173 0 33 #AD0021	90 255 24 #5AFF18	173 0 33 #AD0021	115 156 239 #739CEF	74 132 99 #4A8463	173 115 74 #AD734A	148 148 198 #9494C6	57 57 132 #393984	255 255 0 #FFFF00	57 57 206 #3939CE	0 0 140 #00008C

This palette is used in the title screen of all Generation I games.

In the Japanese Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, the color 1 (yellow) and the color 2 (green in Pokémon Red; red in Pokémon Green and Blue) are unused, while the color 3 (red in Pokémon Red; Green in Pokémon Green; blue in Pokémon Blue) is used for the ポケットモンスター (Pocket Monsters) logo. In Japanese Pokémon Yellow, the color 1 (yellow) is used for the logo outline and ピカチュウ text, the color 2 (green) for the "Pocket Monsters" text, and the color 3 (brown) for the ポケットモンスター (Pocket Monsters) logo and the speech bubble.

In the international Pokémon Red and Blue, the color 1 (yellow) is used to write the body of the "Pokémon" logo, the color 2 (lavender) is used for its shadow, and the color 3 (dark blue) is used for its outline. The same colors are used in international Pokémon Yellow, with the addition of the "Pika!" balloon and the "Yellow Version" using this palette.

Version logo palette

	All games Super Game Boy	Pokémon Red (JP) Super Game Boy		Pokémon Red (INT) Super Game Boy		Pokémon Green and Blue (INT) Super Game Boy		Pokémon Blue (JP) Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	1	2	3

15-bit (original)	30 30 17 DE47	17 23 10 F12A	14 19 29 6E76	17 23 10 F12A	21 0 4 1510	21 0 4 1510	14 19 29 6E76	21 0 4 1510	9 16 12 0932	21 0 4 1510	21 0 4 1510	31 31 0 FF03	31 0 0 1F00	31 0 0 1F00
24-bit (converted)	247 247 140 #F7F78C	140 189 82 #8CBD52	115 156 239 #739CEF	140 189 82 #8CBD52	173 0 33 #AD0021	173 0 33 #AD0021	115 156 239 #739CEF	173 0 33 #AD0021	74 132 99 #4A8463	173 0 33 #AD0021	173 0 33 #AD0021	255 255 0 #FFFF00	255 0 0 #FF0000	255 0 0 #FF0000

This palette is used in the title screen of all Generation I games except in Pokémon Yellow. The color 1 (yellow) is unused in all games.

In the Japanese games, the color 2 (green in Pokémon Red; red in Pokémon Green and Blue) is used by the text "Pocket Monsters" and the color 3 (blue in Pokémon Red and Green; teal in Pokémon Blue) is used by the "Red Version", "Green Version", and "Blue Version" text.

In the international Pokémon Red and Blue, the color 3 (red in Pokémon Red; blue in Pokémon Blue) is used by the "Red Version" and "Blue Version" text.

Game Freak logo palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	31 28 14 9F3B	24 20 10 982A	28 24 14 1C3B	20 20 11 942E	31 19 0 7F02	19 19 0 7302
24-bit (converted)	255 231 115 #FFE773	198 165 82 #C6A552	231 198 115 #E7C673	165 165 90 #A5A55A	255 156 0 #FF9C00	156 156 0 #9C9C00

This logo is shown when booting up the game. Several stars of different colors are seen falling below this logo.

Slot palettes

Slot reel palette

	Pokémon Red and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Green Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	26 21 22 BA5A	27 20 6 9B1A	26 21 22 BA5A	21 0 4 1510	27 22 30 DB7A	26 9 6 3A19	25 1 31 397C	31 0 0 1F00
24-bit (converted)	214 173 181 #D6ADB5	222 165 49 #DEA531	214 173 181 #D6ADB5	173 0 33 #AD0021	222 181 247 #DEB5F7	214 74 49 #D64A31	206 8 255 #CE08FF	255 0 0 #FF0000

In Generation I games, this palette is used by the three slot reels, including all icons such as . The text box (with messages such as "Bet how many coins?") also uses the black and white colors from this palette.

Slot icon 1 palette

	Pokémon Red Super Game Boy		Pokémon Green Super Game Boy		Pokémon Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	16 19 29 7076	25 17 21 3956	16 19 29 7076	18 25 12 3233	25 17 21 3956	16 19 29 7076	23 29 31 B77F	29 29 8 BD23	0 31 31 E07F	31 31 0 FF03
24-bit (converted)	132 156 239 #849CEF	206 140 173 #CE8CAD	132 156 239 #849CEF	148 206 99 #94CE63	206 140 173 #CE8CAD	132 156 239 #849CEF	189 239 255 #BDEFFF	239 239 66 #EFEF42	0 255 255 #00FFFF	255 255 0 #FFFF00

In Generation I games, this palette is used by the two instances of the icon "1", which refer to the middle horizontal row. It is also used by the background near this icon.

Slot icon 2 palette

	Pokémon Red Super Game Boy		Pokémon Green Super Game Boy		Pokémon Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	22 31 16 F643	25 17 21 3956	27 15 21 FB55	18 25 12 3233	22 31 16 F643	16 19 29 7076	23 31 20 F753	29 29 8 BD23	8 31 0 E803	31 31 0 FF03
24-bit (converted)	181 255 132 #B5FF84	206 140 173 #CE8CAD	222 123 173 #DE7BAD	148 206 99 #94CE63	181 255 132 #B5FF84	132 156 239 #849CEF	189 255 165 #BDFFA5	239 239 66 #EFEF42	66 255 0 #42FF00	255 255 0 #FFFF00

In Generation I games, this palette is used by the four instances of the icon "2", which refer to the top and bottom horizontal rows. It is also used by the background near this icon.

Slot icon 3 palette

	Pokémon Red Super Game Boy		Pokémon Green Super Game Boy		Pokémon Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	31 31 17 FF47	25 17 21 3956	30 27 4 7E13	18 25 12 3233	31 31 17 FF47	16 19 29 7076	31 23 26 FF6A	29 29 8 BD23	31 4 19 9F4C	31 31 0 FF03
24-bit (converted)	255 255 140 #FFFF8C	206 140 173 #CE8CAD	247 222 33 #F7DE21	148 206 99 #94CE63	255 255 140 #FFFF8C	132 156 239 #849CEF	255 189 214 #FFBDD6	239 239 66 #EFEF42	255 33 156 #FF219C	255 255 0 #FFFF00

In Generation I games, this palette is used by the four instances of the icon "3", which refer to the two diagonal lines. It is also used by the background near this icon, and by the top and bottom portions of the slot screen.

Badge palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	30 22 17 DE46	11 15 23 EB5D	20 15 11 F42D	22 21 20 B652	23 8 0 1701	17 14 11 D12D
24-bit (converted)	247 181 140 #F7B58C	90 123 189 #5A7BBD	165 123 90 #A57B5A	181 173 165 #B5ADA5	189 66 0 #BD4200	140 115 90 #8C735A

This palette is used by the Cascade Badge, the bottom-left corner of the Rainbow Badge, and the Earth Badge on the Trainer Card.

Black palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy			Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy	Pokémon Yellow Game Boy Color
	1	2	3	1 2 3	1 2 3

15-bit (original)	7 7 7 E71C	2 3 3 620C	3 2 2 4308	6 6 6 C618	3 3 3 630C
24-bit (converted)	57 57 57 #393939	16 24 24 #101818	24 16 16 #181010	49 49 49 #313131	24 24 24 #181818

This is a black silhouette used by Pokémon in the process of evolving, non-player characters entering Pokémon battles, Professor Oak in the new game cutscene, the entire screen during the Smokescreen and blacking out animations, the black version of the Game Freak logo at the start, and several Pokémon that appear in the game credits.

This black silhouette consists of the generic white (color ID 0) followed by three shades of black (color IDs 1-3). In Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, the three shades of black are slightly different. In Pokémon Yellow, they are exactly the same. In all games, any originally white pixels remain white in the silhouette, such as the white parts of a character's clothing or eyes, Seel's body, Poliwhirl's belly, and so on.

This effect is absent in monochrome systems. For instance, there is no black silhouette when a Pokémon evolves or when the player blacks out in the Game Boy.

Unused palette

	Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow (INT) Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	24 20 30 987A	11 20 30 8B7A	24 20 30 987A	11 20 30 8B7A	13 1 31 2D7C	0 9 31 207D
24-bit (converted)	198 165 247 #C6A5F7	90 165 247 #5AA5F7	198 165 247 #C6A5F7	90 165 247 #5AA5F7	107 8 255 #6B08FF	0 74 255 #004AFF

This palette is present in the game data but unused in all Generation I games.

Yellow-exclusive palettes

Pikachu's Beach palette

	Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	31 30 22 DF5B	23 27 31 777F	31 31 0 FF03	11 23 31 EB7E
24-bit (converted)	255 247 181 #FFF7B5	189 222 255 #BDDEFF	255 255 0 #FFFF00	90 189 255 #5ABDFF

In Pokémon Yellow, this palette is used in the Pikachu's Beach mini-game, except the logo uses the Pikachu's Beach logo palette and the hi-score screen uses the generic palette.

In the intro cutscenes of this game, exclusively on the Super Game Boy, this palette is used in the scenes with Pikachu on the sea and the sky.

Pikachu jumping in the game intro (SGB)
Pikachu surfing in the game intro (SGB)
Pikachu flyin in the game intro (SGB)
Pikachu's Beach (GBC)

Pikachu interaction palette

	Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	28 23 9 FC26	18 14 10 D229	31 18 0 5F02	19 7 1 F304
24-bit (converted)	231 189 74 #E7BD4A	148 115 82 #947352	255 148 0 #FF9400	156 57 8 #9C3908

In Pokémon Yellow, this palette is used by the interaction animations. They are usually based on its friendship value.

Pikachu's Beach logo palette

	Pokémon Yellow Super Game Boy		Pokémon Yellow Game Boy Color
	1	2	1	2

15-bit (original)	16 16 16 1042	31 25 9 3F27	9 9 9 2925	31 21 0 BF02
24-bit (converted)	132 132 132 #848484	255 206 74 #FFCE4A	74 74 74 #4A4A4A	255 173 0 #FFAD00

In Pokémon Yellow, this palette is used by the logo in the top section of the title screen of Pikachu's Beach. This palette is absent from the Japanese version, where the logo uses the yellow and black colors from the regular Pikachu's Beach palette instead.

Pikachu's Beach logo