diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/HardwarePalette.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/HardwarePalette.cs
index 00b48749db..4695d62d04 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/HardwarePalette.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/HardwarePalette.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		readonly Dictionary<string, MutablePalette> modifiablePalettes = new Dictionary<string, MutablePalette>();
 		readonly IReadOnlyDictionary<string, MutablePalette> readOnlyModifiablePalettes;
 		readonly Dictionary<string, int> indices = new Dictionary<string, int>();
-		readonly uint[,] buffer = new uint[Palette.Size, MaxPalettes];
+		readonly uint[,] buffer = new uint[MaxPalettes, Palette.Size];
 
 		public HardwarePalette()
 		{
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		void CopyPaletteToBuffer(int index, IPalette p)
 		{
-			for (var i = 0; i < Palette.Size; i++)
-				buffer[i, index] = p[i];
+			p.CopyToArray(buffer, index * Palette.Size);
 		}
 
 		void CopyModifiablePalettesToBuffer()
@@ -109,8 +108,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			{
 				var originalPalette = palettes[kvp.Key];
 				var modifiedPalette = kvp.Value;
-				for (var i = 0; i < Palette.Size; i++)
-					modifiedPalette[i] = originalPalette[i];
+				modifiedPalette.SetFromPalette(originalPalette);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Palette.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Palette.cs
index 8f0689d89f..61bf3c0257 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Palette.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Palette.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 #endregion
 
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Drawing;
 using System.Drawing.Imaging;
@@ -17,7 +18,11 @@ using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 {
-	public interface IPalette { uint this[int index] { get; } }
+	public interface IPalette
+	{
+		uint this[int index] { get; }
+		void CopyToArray(Array destination, int destinationOffset);
+	}
 	public interface IPaletteRemap { Color GetRemappedColor(Color original, int index); }
 
 	public static class Palette
@@ -52,8 +57,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			var data = b.LockBits(new Rectangle(0, 0, b.Width, b.Height),
 								  ImageLockMode.WriteOnly, PixelFormat.Format32bppArgb);
 			var temp = new uint[Palette.Size];
-			for (int i = 0; i < temp.Length; i++)
-				temp[i] = palette[i];
+			palette.CopyToArray(temp, 0);
 			Marshal.Copy((int[])(object)temp, 0, data.Scan0, Size);
 			b.UnlockBits(data);
 			return b;
@@ -71,6 +75,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			IPalette palette;
 			public ReadOnlyPalette(IPalette palette) { this.palette = palette; }
 			public uint this[int index] { get { return palette[index]; } }
+			public void CopyToArray(Array destination, int destinationOffset)
+			{
+				palette.CopyToArray(destination, destinationOffset);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -83,6 +91,11 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			get { return colors[index]; }
 		}
 
+		public void CopyToArray(Array destination, int destinationOffset)
+		{
+			Buffer.BlockCopy(colors, 0, destination, destinationOffset * 4, Palette.Size * 4);
+		}
+
 		public ImmutablePalette(string filename, int[] remap)
 		{
 			using (var s = File.OpenRead(filename))
@@ -141,10 +154,14 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			set { colors[index] = value; }
 		}
 
+		public void CopyToArray(Array destination, int destinationOffset)
+		{
+			Buffer.BlockCopy(colors, 0, destination, destinationOffset * 4, Palette.Size * 4);
+		}
+
 		public MutablePalette(IPalette p)
 		{
-			for (int i = 0; i < Palette.Size; i++)
-				this[i] = p[i];
+			SetFromPalette(p);
 		}
 
 		public void SetColor(int index, Color color)
@@ -152,6 +169,11 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			colors[index] = (uint)color.ToArgb();
 		}
 
+		public void SetFromPalette(IPalette p)
+		{
+			p.CopyToArray(colors, 0);
+		}
+
 		public void ApplyRemap(IPaletteRemap r)
 		{
 			for (var i = 0; i < Palette.Size; i++)
diff --git a/glsl/shp.frag b/glsl/shp.frag
index bd4915121d..45a3ebe467 100644
--- a/glsl/shp.frag
+++ b/glsl/shp.frag
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ uniform sampler2D DiffuseTexture, Palette;
 void main()
 {
 	vec4 x = texture2D(DiffuseTexture, gl_TexCoord[0].st);
-	vec2 p = vec2(gl_TexCoord[0].p, dot(x, gl_TexCoord[1]));
+	vec2 p = vec2(dot(x, gl_TexCoord[1]), gl_TexCoord[0].p);
 	gl_FragColor = texture2D(Palette, p);
 }
diff --git a/glsl/vxl.frag b/glsl/vxl.frag
index c5baaeb919..492ae02fe2 100644
--- a/glsl/vxl.frag
+++ b/glsl/vxl.frag
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ uniform vec3 AmbientLight, DiffuseLight;
 void main()
 {
 	vec4 x = texture2D(DiffuseTexture, gl_TexCoord[0].st);
-	vec4 color = texture2D(Palette, vec2(PaletteRows.x, dot(x, gl_TexCoord[1])));
+	vec4 color = texture2D(Palette, vec2(dot(x, gl_TexCoord[1]), PaletteRows.x));
 	if (color.a < 0.01)
 		discard;
 
-	vec4 normal = (2.0 * texture2D(Palette, vec2(PaletteRows.y, dot(x, gl_TexCoord[2]))) - 1.0);
+	vec4 normal = (2.0 * texture2D(Palette, vec2(dot(x, gl_TexCoord[2]), PaletteRows.y)) - 1.0);
 	vec3 intensity = AmbientLight + DiffuseLight * max(dot(normal, LightDirection), 0.0);
 	gl_FragColor = vec4(intensity * color.rgb, color.a);
 }