For the dress color ... I changed it from the color palette later ... and I merged some colors ..

The contest is to "decrease the color depth anywhere from 2 to 16 colors (1-4 bit)." You're not supposed to additionally play with the image by then changing and merging colors. That is unfair to the other entries.

I changed and mergerd the colors from the (16 colors) color taplette .. I just selected what colors I need to stay and what colors I don't need ..and what colors are not supposed to be together ....

I hope this is legal ...and tnx 4 da advice....

you still changed the colors? You are supposed to only decrease the colors used.

Alright ... now I give up ...u r 2 now
I've returned the colors to their original situation .....
Hope u like it now ..

actually, I'm glad you did because I like this A LOT better!!!

Too many colors for the theme IMO and, to be honest, the image is not particularly compelling in any event. I come back to my observation (rephrased) that this theme is about accentuating already-dramatic images.

Not too many--theme says up to 12. Though i do agree its not a very compelling photo

theme says up to 16

(the original of this was two images laid on top of each other (texture rock back ground and was called the Spanglish) made a lot more sense and looked pretty cool, but it was pulled, there is humor in the text, that was the attraction (now that I think about it, the original back ground had 4 colors and when I cropped it out it is now reduced to 12 colors)