@xentropy I like the extended 16 color palette because the base 8 is pretty restrictive. If you don't like the saturation of the pico 8 set then I think any pallete that you like with fewer colors would be in the right direction. This video exemplifies my point well
https://youtu.be/BBfT7Aeas5Y?si=ENzDonROVAwc-5eA
For pico specific examples - picoCAD is a software that pulls off some pretty cool dithering tricks to render 3d models in the pico-8 pallete.
