Color palette #

For simple particles used in various places (e.g. the bullet impact particles) Half-Life utilizes the predefined color palette. For the most part it’s the same as Quake palette with a notable exception being the color 244 which is pure green in Half-Life (#00FF00 or 0 255 0).

This means the particles can’t have the exact RGB values for their color. Instead the game will try to pick the closest color from the palette.