English

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.
   • 2007, GameAxis Unwired (April 2007)

     While there's a decent variety of enemy types in the game, those same enemies also tend to get palette swapped as the game progresses.

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.

   Nintendo's Luigi character started out as a palette swap of Mario.