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16colo.rs – ANSI/ASCII art archive
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Sixteen Colors is a public archive devoted to ANSI and ASCII art, especially artpacks: collections of text-mode artwork traditionally released by artist groups. The archive spans releases from 1990 through 2026 and lets visitors browse by year, pack, artist, group, tags, or file type. Search can match text and SAUCE metadata, as well as artist-name prefixes, filename suffixes, and release year; advanced options support more targeted searches. Recent releases, comments, featured artwork, artists, and groups provide ways to discover material beyond a direct search.
The archive also documents the scene’s history. ANSI and ASCII art was made for display on computer text-mode consoles and grew popular in the early 1990s alongside dial-up bulletin board systems. Artists formed groups and issued monthly packs, with competition among collectives such as ACiD and iCE helping fuel the scene. As the internet displaced BBS culture in the late 1990s, demand declined, but artists continued producing collaborative releases. Sixteen Colors preserves these works as a public resource and supports the community with pack uploads, forums, chat links, tagging, art-sharing tools, collaborative text-art editors, and a SAUCE metadata editor.
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