SANJIESAN CREATOR / Indexed-colour artwork
Check which pixels share a palette entry before recolouring
In indexed artwork, a palette edit can change several objects at once. Aseprite’s colour-mode documentation explains that pixels reference palette entries and change appearance when that entry changes. That is useful for a planned global recolour, but surprising when a coat and a small sign share a colour unintentionally. Inspect the relationship before making the edit.
Make a small shared-colour example
Draw an invented coat and sign with one deliberately shared accent colour. Keep a copy before editing the palette. State whether the accent is meant to remain linked across both objects. If the sign must stay unchanged, treat that as an explicit requirement. A colour that happens to look similar is not the same question as a shared palette reference, so verify the file’s actual colour mode first.
Compare the full canvas after the change
Change the relevant entry on the working copy and inspect every visible use, not only the coat. Check distant details, repeated frames and background marks that may also refer to it. If the change should be local, separate that use through the application’s documented workflow before proceeding. Do not keep correcting unrelated objects by eye without understanding why they changed, because the next palette edit may repeat the same problem.
Retain the intended colour relationship
Once the local or global relationship is clear, return to the intended viewing size and judge the recolour artistically. Check whether the new accent still separates the important shape. Keep the palette role understandable for the next editor, such as one shared scene accent rather than an unexplained entry number. The index is a file mechanism; the reason colours belong together is a design decision that still needs to be stated.