# Dithering

Links on the art and algorithm of [dithering](!W "Dither").

## Documents

- <!-- 1989 -->[`DITHER.TXT`](http://cd.textfiles.com/graphics16000/FORMATS/GIF/DITHER2.TXT) (1989) and [`DHALF.TXT`](http://textfiles.com/computers/dhalf.txt) (1991) by Lee Daniel Crocker and contributors
- <!-- 2011-01-24 -->["Arbitrary-palette positional dithering algorithm"](https://bisqwit.iki.fi/story/howto/dither/jy/), Joel Yliluoma (2011)
- <!-- 2012-12-28 -->["Image Dithering: Eleven Algorithms and Source Code"](https://tannerhelland.com/2012/12/28/dithering-eleven-algorithms-source-code.html), Tanner Helland (2012)
- <!-- 2013-08 -->["a dither"](https://pippin.gimp.org/a_dither/), Øyvind Kolås (2013). A small, spatially stable public-domain dithering algorithm.
- <!-- 2014-04-12 -->["HD Index Painting in Photoshop"](http://danfessler.com/blog/hd-index-painting-in-photoshop), Dan Fessler (2014)
- <!-- 2016-10-30 -->["Dithering in games – mini series"](https://bartwronski.com/2016/10/30/dithering-in-games-mini-series/), Bart Wronski (2016)
- <!-- 2016-12-08 -->["What algorithm did Microsoft use to dither colour in early versions of Windows?"](https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/1887/what-algorithm-did-microsoft-use-to-dither-colour-in-early-versions-of-windows)
- <!-- 2017-11-23 -->[Dither stabilization in _Return of the Obra Dinn_](https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg1363742#msg1363742), Lucas Pope (2017)
- <!-- 2018 -->["Linear Dithering"](http://gabarro.org/ccn/linear_dithering.html), Enric Meinhardt-Llopis (2018)
- <!-- 2019-12 -->["Ordered Error Diffusion Dithering"](https://observablehq.com/@jobleonard/ordered-error-diffusion-dithering), Job van der Zwan (2019). An interactive demonstration.
- <!-- 2020-03-29 -->["Atkinson Dithering"](https://beyondloom.com/blog/dither.html), John Earnest (2020)
- <!-- 2021-01-04 -->["The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering"](https://surma.dev/things/ditherpunk/), Surma (2021)
- <!-- 2022-09-21 -->["Blue Noise Dithering"](https://www.wedesoft.de/software/2022/09/21/blue-noise-dithering/), Jan Wedekind (2022)
- <!-- 2025-02-09 -->["Writing My Own Dithering Algorithm in Racket"](https://amanvir.com/blog/writing-my-own-dithering-algorithm-in-racket), Amanvir Parhar (2025)
- <!-- 2025-03-08 -->["Dithering in Colour"](https://obrhubr.org/dithering-in-colour), Niklas Oberhuber (2025)
- <!-- 2025-11 -->["Dithering -- Part 1"](https://visualrambling.space/dithering-part-1/), Damar (2025). An animated presentaton.

## Tools

- [Dither Me This](https://doodad.dev/dither-me-this/)---an in-browser dithering tool
- [HiColor](https://github.com/dbohdan/hicolor)---my Bayer and "a dither" dithering program for 15/16-bit color

## See also

- <!-- 2011 -->["Atkinsome dithering in HTML5 canvas"](https://ipenburg.home.xs4all.nl/atkinsome/), Roland van Ipenburg (2011)
- <!-- 2012 -->[Halftoning models](https://www.mia.uni-saarland.de/Research/IP_Halftoning.shtml) (2012)
- <!-- 2016 -->["8 Bit & '8 Bitish' Graphics-Outside the Box"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcJ1Jvtef0), Mark Ferrari (2016)
- <!-- 2019-11-20 -->["Hatching in 1PDG"](https://www.patreon.com/posts/hatching-in-1pdg-31716880), Oleg Dolya (2019)
- <!-- 2021 -->["Loom EGA/VGA comparison"](http://www.superrune.com/tutorials/loom_ega.php), SuperRune (2021)
- <!-- 2023-01-18 -->["Improved Web Component for Pixel-Accurate Atkinson Dithered Images"](https://sheep.horse/2023/1/improved_web_component_for_pixel-accurate_atkinson.html), Andrew Stephens (2023)
- [Video games that use standard GUI widgets](/gui-games)

## Link sources

- <!-- 2017-11-23 -->["Dither stabilisation"](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15766249)
- <!-- 2021-01-04 -->["Ditherpunk: The article I wish I had about monochrome image dithering"](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25633483)

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Published 2021-01-04, updated 2025-12-18.

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