How to Choose Rant Layout Colours

The easiest way to choose rant layout colours is to take them from your sprite. Pick the character’s main colour for the frame, a paler shade of it for the bands and papers, and one darker or contrasting colour for small details such as stars and the name tag. If you already know which slime clip will play in the window, nudge the palette towards that clip’s colour as well. A rant layout that shares its colours with the character and the video looks like one piece instead of three.

Take the rant layout colours from your sprite

In the 200 public rant layouts we studied on TikTok in October 2026, the frame matched the sprite’s colours in 166 cases, or 83%. Often the creator went further and tinted the character towards the frame’s single colour so the two blended. This is why people name rant layouts by colour: a “pink layout” is usually a rant layout for a pink-haired or pink-outfitted character.

To find a sprite’s palette, look at the areas that take up the most space. Hair and clothing give the strongest colours; skin, eyes and outlines are better left out of the frame. Three colours are enough:

• Main colour for the borders, bands and the biggest decorations.
• Paper colour, a lighter and softer version of the main colour, for backgrounds of bands, notes and labels.
• Accent, a darker shade or a second colour from the sprite, for stars, colour chips and the name tag outline.

Many creators put those same three colours on the rant layout as a little column of colour chips, a habit that appeared in 45 of the 200 layouts. Our decoration ideas guide covers colour chips and the other recurring pieces.

Match the rant layout to the slime clip

The video in the window is the biggest block of colour in the finished rant, so it is worth planning for. In 118 of the rant layouts we studied the clip was visible, and in 88 of those (75%) the frame echoed its colour. A red slime got a red frame, a glittery clear slime got a silver or white one.

Choose the clip before you finish the layout. If your sprite and your favourite slime clash, for example a green character over pink slime, let the frame take one colour and use the other as the accent. A neutral frame in black, white or grey also works with any clip; black-and-white rant layouts made up 13 of the 200.

Six colour schemes that recur

Grouping the 200 rant layouts by colour scheme gives six families. One-colour rant layouts were by far the most common, which suits a format where the sprite and the video already bring a lot of colour.

The swatches above are examples to show what each scheme means, not colours taken from anyone’s design.

Match colours in the RantLayout Maker

1. Add your sprite in the Maker. Once it is in, a row called Match the layout to your sprite appears under the canvas on phones, and in the sprite’s panel on larger screens.
2. The Maker reads the sprite’s main colours and offers up to four colour sets, including a dark set. Press one to recolour the frame, bands and official decorations.
3. Not right? Press another set, or press Undo to bring back the colours you had.
4. To match the clip instead, choose Match colours to your video and pick the slime video or a screenshot of it from your phone. It is read on your device and never uploaded. No video yet? Pick one of the common slime colours, from pink to clear glitter.
5. Your sprite keeps its own colours unless you turn on its tint, which gives it a light wash of the chosen set.

Recolouring works on the official assets and drawn pieces. Pictures you upload yourself keep their colours, so you stay in control of your own artwork.

Common rant layout colour mistakes

• Too many colours. A frame with five strong colours fights the sprite and the clip. Stay with three.
• Everything the same lightness. If the band, the paper and the stickers are all mid-pink, nothing stands out. Make one of them clearly lighter and one clearly darker.
• A frame darker than the video. A very dark frame around a pale slime can make the window look like a hole. Dark rant layouts work best with bright clips.
• A white sprite edge on a white frame. The sticker edge disappears. Change the edge colour to the accent, or switch to a glow.
• Forgetting the name tag. A name in the main colour can vanish into the band. Give it a white or dark outline so it reads at phone size.

Once your palette is set, choose an arrangement in the structures guide, or browse the Gallery to see how other creators paired colours.

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