How to Choose Colors for Your Stream (That Still Read on Camera)
A palette that looks lovely in Photoshop can disappear over gameplay. Here's how to pick colors that survive compression.
Pick two main colors and one accent, then use them everywhere. The constraint is what makes a channel look designed — and a small palette is far easier to keep consistent across overlay, panels, alerts and thumbnails.
Contrast beats prettiness
Your text and frame sit over moving gameplay. Low-contrast pastel-on-pastel vanishes the moment a bright scene appears. Keep one clearly light and one clearly dark value in the palette.
Watch out for compression
Streaming compresses hard, and saturated reds and deep blues smear worst. Slightly desaturated colors hold up better at typical bitrates than neon.
Match the mood, not the game
Your palette should be recognizable across every game you play. Tie it to your channel's feeling — lofi dusk, cottagecore green, witchy purple — rather than whatever you're playing this month.
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