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+using System;
+using System.Drawing;
+using System.Windows.Forms;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Globalization;
+
+namespace BizHawk.MultiClient
+{
+    public class PaletteViewer : Control
+    {
+        private class Palette
+        {
+            public int address { get; set; }
+            public int value { get; set; }
+
+            public Palette(int Address)
+            {
+                address = Address;
+                value = -1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private Palette[] bgPalettes = new Palette[16];
+        private Palette[] spritePalettes = new Palette[16];
+        
+        public PaletteViewer()
+        {
+            SetStyle(ControlStyles.AllPaintingInWmPaint, true);
+            SetStyle(ControlStyles.UserPaint, true);
+            SetStyle(ControlStyles.DoubleBuffer, true);
+            this.Size = new Size(128, 32);
+            this.BackColor = Color.White;
+            this.Paint += new System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventHandler(this.PaletteViewer_Paint);
+            this.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.PaletteViewer_MouseMove);
+            this.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.PaletteViewer_MouseClick);
+            this.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.PaletteViewer_KeyDown);
+
+            for (int x = 0; x < 16; x++)
+            {
+                bgPalettes[x] = new Palette(0x3F00 + x);
+                bgPalettes[x].value = x;
+
+                spritePalettes[x] = new Palette(0x3F10 + x);
+                spritePalettes[x].value = x;
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        private void PaletteViewer_KeyDown(object sender, System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e) { }
+                
+        private void Display(Graphics g)
+        {
+            unchecked
+            {
+                Rectangle rect;
+                for (int x = 0; x < 16; x++)
+                {
+                    rect = new Rectangle(new Point(x * 16, 1), new Size(16, 16));
+                    g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(GetColorByValue(bgPalettes[x].value)), rect);
+                }
+                for (int x = 0; x < 16; x++)
+                {
+                    rect = new Rectangle(new Point(x * 16, 17), new Size(16, 16));
+                    g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(GetColorByValue(spritePalettes[x].value)), rect);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void PaletteViewer_Paint(object sender, PaintEventArgs e)
+        {
+            Display(e.Graphics);
+        }
+                        
+        private void PaletteViewer_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        private void PaletteViewer_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
+        {
+
+        }
+
+        //adelikat: Using my own approximation of the NES color palette until we have a decent palette system
+        private Color GetColorByValue(int value)
+        {
+            switch (value)
+            {
+                case 0x00:
+                    return Color.White;
+                case 0x01:
+                    return Color.LightBlue;
+                case 0x02:
+                    return Color.Blue;
+                case 0x03:
+                    return Color.DarkBlue;
+                case 0x04:
+                    return Color.Magenta;
+                case 0x05:
+                    return Color.OrangeRed;
+                case 0x06:
+                    return Color.Red;
+                case 0x07:
+                    return Color.DarkRed;
+                case 0x08:
+                    return Color.Brown;
+                case 0x09:
+                    return Color.DarkGreen;
+                case 0x0A:
+                    return Color.Green;
+                case 0x0B:
+                    return Color.LightGreen;
+                case 0x0C:
+                    return Color.Aqua;
+                case 0x0D:
+                    return Color.DarkGray;
+                case 0x0E:
+                    return Color.Gray;
+                case 0x0F:
+                    return Color.LightGray;
+                default:
+                    return Color.Black;
+            }
+        }   
+    }
+}