Girls Mode 3 Color Palette

Girls Mode 3 introduces a reason to take pictures in game: the color palette. You start off with only a few colors in each shade, but when you go to different locations and take pictures you can show the pictures to a girl in the park. If you’re lucky she’ll find a new color in the photo and it will be added to your color palette. You can then use those colors for hair, makeup (and presumably clothes design, but I haven’t unlocked clothes design yet).

Either you can run around and take pictures of everything hoping there may be a color in the photo (did that), or you can chat with people who have rainbow colored exclamation marks next to them for a hint about a photo to take. Here are the color palette colors with the photos I used to unlock them. I’m not sure if it’s more helpful to be in palette order, or location order, but I’m going with palette order for these.

Since the game is in real time, I’m missing a few seasonal colors and I haven’t unlocked a couple areas or seen a few cutscenes for colors. I’ll add in those pictures as I unlock them. There may be duplicate images because some images give you more than one color.

Also note, these are direct translations of the Japanese names and the English names may change when (crossing fingers) the game gets localized.

Black/White

Sugar White: Default Color
Snow White: Flower Garden
At the flower bed during the winter in the morning and afternoon.
Light Gray: Default Color
Station Gray: Station Plaza

View of the station in the morning or afternoon.
Cat Gray: Midori Park

Take a picture of the grey cat on the park bench in the morning or afternoon
Live Ash: Live House (the club)

Talking with an NPC (I got this in the evening)
Rock Slate Gray: Live House (the club)

I got this in the afternoon while having an air guitar session.
Black: Default Color

Blue

Cycle Baby Blue: My Road

Take a picture of the bicycle in the morning or afternoon.
Lake Blue: Midori Park

I think this must be taken during the day.
Madonna Blue: Photo Studio

Inside the photo studio.
Facade Blue: Station Plaza

The blue front of the photo studio in the station plaza.
Soda Blue: Default Color
Blue on the Stage: Candyland (the amusement park)

Take a picture of the people singing onstage.
Blue Hawaii: Default Color
Dark Ocean: Tokonuts Beach

Take a picture on the beach at night.
Stardom Blue: Arena

Take a picture talking to people in front of the arena.
Romance Night View: Restaurant

The skyline in the restaurant at night.

Blue-Purple

Illuminate Purple: Dress-Up Square

The buildings in dress-up square at night.
Crocus: Default Color
Salvia: Flower Garden

In front of the mansion.
Metro Police Navy: The City

The building in the background lit up at night.
Rabbit Purple: Candyland (the amusement park)

In front of the rabbit signs
Violet: Default Color
Starry Sky: Tokonuts Beach

At the bell promontory at night.
Sky Night: Tokonuts Beach

The view of the night sky from the beach.
Midnight Marine: The City

Two colors from the crepe gobbling picture.
Night Park: Midori Park

Night overview of the park.

Purple

Red Bean Milk: Default Color
Station Bricks: Station Plaza

The bricks in front of the station entrance.
Ristorante: Restaurant

Take a picture sitting at the table in the restaurant.
Amethyst: Candyland (the amusement park)

Take a picture riding the ferris wheel at night.
Lilac: Default Color
Rock Violet: Café Street

Take a picture of the post to the right of the stairs to the club.
Berry Berry Cake: Café Street

Speak with the 2nd NPC from the left at café street until you trigger the berry berry cake event.
Pansy: Midori Park

In front of the pansy flower bed from the Spring through Fall, in the Morning to the Evening.
Grape: Tokonuts Beach

Speak with Luin in front of the Terrace Café to trigger the fruit platter event.
Dark Purple: Flower Garden

Flower Garden at night.

Pink

Cosmos: Default Color
Flower Bouquet: Flower Garden

During the day at the flower garden.
Beauty Pink: Makeup Salon

First Floor
Lantern: Asian Pathway

Must be taken at night when the lanterns are lit up.
Girls Pink: Default Color
Bougainvillea: Tokonuts Beach

Terrace café in the morning-evening with a view of the bougainvillea flowers.
Strawberry Pink: Restaurant

Snap a picture at the restaurant with the strawberry cake on the table.
Afternoon Rose: Rose Garden in Midori Park

doesn’t actually have to be taken in the afternoon, just from the spring to the fall
City: City

Morning and Evening
Cherry Blossom: Asian Pathway

At the cherry blossom tree only in the spring.
Party Bouquet Pink: Restaurant

Snap a picture of the big rose bouquet during a party.

Red

Tomato: Default Color
Hibiscus: Default Color
Poinsettia: Designer Lounge

Snap a picture in the designer lounge (see the poinsettias in the background?)
Ruby: Default Color
Dalia: Flower Garden

Flower Bed in front of the mansion in the morning or afternoon.
Darjeeling: Rose Garden in Midori Park

Having tea with an NPC
Garnet: Default Color
Trend Garnet: Exhibition Hall

As you gaze in amazement at the entrance.
Chocolate Cake: Café Street

Morning and Evening with cake on the café table. (I’m pretending it’s red velvet)
Night Rose: Midori Park
**Missing. The roses in the fall during the evening, or in the winter at night.
Piano: Restaurant

Get your jamming on at the piano and then immortalize your shame.

Light Brown

Sand Beige: Tokonuts Beach

At Tokonuts Beach in the morning-evening.
Champagne: Default Color
Walnut: Default Color
Brick Tile: Rose Garden

Take a picture of the bricks in the rose garden.
Milk Chocolate: Default Color
Maroon: Default Color
Tokonuts Café: Tokonuts Beach

The front of the Terrace Café at Tokonuts Beach.
Tea Tree: Café Street

The cherry tree by the live house in the morning-evening.
Elegant Rose: Restaurant

The rose on the piano (while belting out a tune)
Tiramisu: Café Street
**Missing Have a conversation with an NPC in front of the café that results in gorging on Tiramisu.

Dark Brown

Cocoa: Default Color
Atelier Brownie: My Road

The second floor of your clothing shop.
Seaside Terrace: Tokonuts Beach

The front of the Terrace Café at Tokonuts Beach.
Khaki: Default Color
Owlstone: Asian Pathway

Snap a picture with the owl statue.
Science Olive: Makeup Salon

Take a picture in the second floor of the makeup salon
Antique Door: Flower Garden

Snap a pic in front of the mansion
Bitter Chocolate: Default Color
European Sepia: Flower Garden

Snap an overview pic of the mansion in the flower garden.