Color palette
File type: Graphics file
A pal file extension is related to the color palette files used by various applications and computer games.
Found 6 different file type records with the same pal filename suffix.
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: July 14, 2025
The pal file extension is generally used for files that contain saved color palettes. In computer graphics, a palette is usually a finite set of colors for the management of digital images.
The pal file in most cases is a simple text file that contains RGB data about individual colors.
These pal files are usually used by graphic or photo editors, as well some older games and other programs.
Use compatible app to work with color palette files.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pal files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: September 27, 2026
Adobe PageMaker was desktop publishing software from Adobe. Its library feature allowed users to keep reusable page elements, such as text and graphic objects, in palettes that could be added to publications when needed.
A PageMaker library palette is supporting library data rather than a standalone publication.
PageMaker is legacy software and Adobe no longer develops it. These files are therefore mainly relevant on Microsoft Windows systems that still have a compatible PageMaker installation.
Open the file with Adobe PageMaker on Microsoft Windows. Load it through PageMaker's library feature rather than treating it as a regular document.
A library palette is not normally converted as a standalone file. Open it in Adobe PageMaker and copy the required library objects into a PageMaker publication.
The resulting publication or its individual objects can then be saved or exported using the formats supported by the installed version of PageMaker.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pal files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Backup file
Date updated: November 14, 2018
The pal file extension is associated with Personal Ancestral File, a genealogy management system, developed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
These files are backups of the main genealogy PAF format.
Use compatible tools to work with *.pal files.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that can open pal files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create pal files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that backup pal files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that recover pal files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pal files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: October 2, 2026
Protos uses PAL files to store process models created in the application. The files belong to the Protos software rather than to a general-purpose file format.
PAL files are associated with older Pallas Athena applications and are now considered legacy files. Current software may not support them directly.
Open a PAL file with Protos from Pallas Athena, if the original software is available. Because Protos is legacy software, newer systems may require an appropriate older installation or compatible environment.
Open the PAL file in Protos, if available, and use the program's export functions to create a copy in a format it supports.
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 19, 2018
The pal file extension is also used in Rise of Nations, a real-time strategic computer game for Microsoft Windows operating system, developed by Microsoft Studios.
These pal files are campaign media data files.
You cannot open this file type manually, it is accessed by the game automatically.
These games files cannot be converted to anything else. However, sometimes modding.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pal files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Emulator file
Date updated: September 23, 2019
Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.
The pal file extension is also related to one of the emulator file types used by ZX Spectrum and perhaps other emulators. Contains palette, usually used to translate the former graphics data.
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