"palette swap" meaning in English

See palette swap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: palette swaps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} palette swap (plural palette swaps)
  1. (computer graphics, video games) An image that is the same as another but rendered with a different colour palette. Categories (topical): Computer graphics, Video games
    Sense id: en-palette_swap-en-noun-6dT3nYgh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Topics: computer-graphics, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games

Verb

Forms: palette swaps [present, singular, third-person], palette swapping [participle, present], palette swapped [participle, past], palette swapped [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} palette swap (third-person singular simple present palette swaps, present participle palette swapping, simple past and past participle palette swapped)
  1. (computer graphics, video games) To change the color palette used to render a palettized image. Categories (topical): Computer graphics, Video games

Inflected forms

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