These are a few general purpose palette files. There is no "single best"
palette; it depends on taste and the kind of images. The palettes EXPLORER.PAL
and INDEO32.PAL are my personal favorites.

That said, the value of an optimized palette (for an animation or for a
complete program) should not be underestatimated.

CINEPAK.PAL     The palette used by the CinePak codec for video for Windows.

EXPLORER.PAL    The standard palette of Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. This
                palette is nearly the same as HALFTONE.PAL.

HALFTONE.PAL    The halftoning palette used by WinG library.

INDEO32.PAL     The palette used by the Indeo 3.2 codec for video for Windows.

INDEO41.PAL     The palette used by the Indeo 4.1 codec for video for Windows.

MACSYS.PAL      The system palette of the Macintosh. This is *not* a Windows
                identity palette.

NETSCAPE.PAL    The standard palette for the Netscape Navigator (Windows
                version).

QUAKE.PAL       The palette for the ID-Software's "Quake"

RAINBOW.PAL     A palette with bright and saturated colours.

WEBSAFE.PAL     The 216 colours that any browser should be able to display in
                any operating system.

WINDOWS.PAL     The default (dummy) palette of Microsoft Windows. This palette
                appears to be slightly adjusted for gamma.