16colo.rs – ANSI/ASCII art archive

Sixteen Colors is an online archive dedicated to preserving ANSI and ASCII art, a textmode art form that gained popularity during the dial-up bulletin board system (BBS) era of the early 1990s. Originally created for display on computer text consoles, artists organized into competitive groups that released monthly collections called artpacks, with ACiD and iCE being prominent examples. Though BBS usage declined with the rise of the Internet, artists continue producing ANSI/ASCII art today, and Sixteen Colors serves as a public repository collecting these artpacks for preservation and accessibility.