# Color change when .gif export

**URL:** <https://community.aseprite.org/t/color-change-when-gif-export/173>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 9, 2017, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/color-change-when-gif-export/173 "2017-07-09T20:15:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/user_avatar/community.aseprite.org/dacap/32/10_2.png) [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/color-change-when-gif-export/173/4 "2017-07-13T11:52:34Z")

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Hi @Alpha_314, as @SheepShape said that’s right, this is related to the high-number of colors. You will be safe using less than 256 colors. After that Aseprite can handle some special cases (GIF files can introduce 256 new colors on each frame), but if the sprite contains more than 256 new colors on each frame, things will start looking a little weird.

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