# Flashing Colors when exported as .gif

**URL:** https://community.aseprite.org/t/flashing-colors-when-exported-as-gif/2500
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [January 3, 2019, 4:56am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/flashing-colors-when-exported-as-gif/2500 "2019-01-03T04:56:46Z")
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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: [January 3, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/flashing-colors-when-exported-as-gif/2500/2 "2019-01-03T14:40:52Z")

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I think this might be related to the number of colors or layer blending modes in case you’re using them (or opacity on layers).

> [@Color change when .gif export](https://community.aseprite.org/t/color-change-when-gif-export/173):
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> Hi there ! I’m quite new when it’s about art and pixel art, bought Aseprite 3 weeks ago. Was wondering ; I’m working on this guys (Doomfist of Overwatch, if that ring a bel for you) and I have this weird color change in the gif, making it very odd. How can I avoid it ? Thanks for all the fish, and have a good day !

> [@Weird colors popping up in gif? what am I doing wrong?](https://community.aseprite.org/t/weird-colors-popping-up-in-gif-what-am-i-doing-wrong/275):
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> why is my gif like this??? Ive been so confused?? To note: It doesn’t look like this until I upload it to a site. So I have to upload my file to a site to see if I did anything wrong. And it seems like it has?? Anyone that can help me, thank you.

> [@Converting to index color gives incorrect results](https://community.aseprite.org/t/converting-to-index-color-gives-incorrect-results/2200):
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> Hi, I love the program but I’ve got a problem with the 1.2.9 I currently have. When I bring in art from another program, make a palette from the art, and then downsample to index color the colors chosen aren’t always the correct ones even if they exist in the palette. I think this can be reproduced easily. -Make a new document (rgb). -Put two colors down but make them only one or two integers apart in one channel. -Make palette from image (should end up having only have three entries with t…

There are two issues:

1. GIF files don’t support more than 256 colors
2. An issue on Aseprite that doesn’t quantize quite right colors (the conversion from RGB → Indexed could be improved, issue [#1385](https://github.com/aseprite/aseprite/issues/1385))

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