diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/PlayerColorRemap.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/PlayerColorRemap.cs
index 0b31def790..2f35f7fa13 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/PlayerColorRemap.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/PlayerColorRemap.cs
@@ -15,15 +15,16 @@ using System.Linq;
 namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 {
 	// TODO: ship this out of here.
+	public enum PaletteFormat { ra, cnc, d2k }
 
 	public class PlayerColorRemap : IPaletteRemap
 	{
 		Dictionary<int, Color> remapColors;
 
-		public PlayerColorRemap(Color c1, Color c2, bool useSplitRamp)
+		public PlayerColorRemap(Color c1, Color c2, PaletteFormat fmt)
 		{
-			var baseIndex = useSplitRamp ? 0xb0 : 80;
-			var ramp = useSplitRamp
+			var baseIndex = (fmt == PaletteFormat.cnc) ? 0xb0 : (fmt == PaletteFormat.d2k) ? 240 : 80;
+			var ramp = (fmt == PaletteFormat.cnc)
 				? new[] { 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14 }
 				: new[] { 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 };
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Player.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Player.cs
index 926a107d52..6205c313bd 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Player.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Player.cs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		{			
 			var info = Rules.Info["world"].Traits.Get<PlayerColorPaletteInfo>();
 			var newpal = new Palette(world.WorldRenderer.GetPalette(info.BasePalette),
-			                 new PlayerColorRemap(Color, Color2, info.SplitRamp));
+			                 new PlayerColorRemap(Color, Color2, info.PaletteFormat));
 			world.WorldRenderer.AddPalette(palette, newpal);
 		}
 		
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PlayerColorPalette.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PlayerColorPalette.cs
index 5a2bc53798..d081b12ea2 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PlayerColorPalette.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PlayerColorPalette.cs
@@ -8,12 +8,13 @@
  */
 #endregion
 
+using OpenRA.FileFormats;
 namespace OpenRA.Traits
-{
+{	
 	public class PlayerColorPaletteInfo : TraitInfo<PlayerColorPalette>
 	{
 		public readonly string BasePalette = null;
-		public readonly bool SplitRamp = false;
+		public readonly PaletteFormat PaletteFormat = PaletteFormat.ra;
 	}
 
 	public class PlayerColorPalette {}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/ColorPickerPaletteModifier.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/ColorPickerPaletteModifier.cs
index 3cfa544df1..27be188181 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/ColorPickerPaletteModifier.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/ColorPickerPaletteModifier.cs
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 	
 	class ColorPickerPaletteModifier : IPaletteModifier, IWorldLoaded
 	{	
-		bool SplitPlayerPalette;
+		PaletteFormat format;
 		public void WorldLoaded(World w)
 		{
 			// Copy the base palette for the colorpicker
 			var info = Rules.Info["world"].Traits.Get<PlayerColorPaletteInfo>();
-			SplitPlayerPalette = info.SplitRamp;
+			format = info.PaletteFormat;
 			w.WorldRenderer.AddPalette("colorpicker", w.WorldRenderer.GetPalette(info.BasePalette));
 		}
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
 		{
 			palettes["colorpicker"] = new Palette(palettes["colorpicker"],
 			  new PlayerColorRemap(LobbyDelegate.CurrentColorPreview1,
-				  LobbyDelegate.CurrentColorPreview2, SplitPlayerPalette));
+				  LobbyDelegate.CurrentColorPreview2, format));
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/mods/cnc/rules/system.yaml b/mods/cnc/rules/system.yaml
index 27189a4e9d..1adbf437d1 100644
--- a/mods/cnc/rules/system.yaml
+++ b/mods/cnc/rules/system.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ World:
 		Name: terrain
 	PlayerColorPalette:
 		BasePalette: terrain
-		SplitRamp: yes
+		PaletteFormat: cnc
 	PaletteFromFile@chrome:
 		Name: chrome
 		Filename: temperat.pal
diff --git a/mods/d2k/rules/system.yaml b/mods/d2k/rules/system.yaml
index 0f7b2e5553..141d8d005a 100644
--- a/mods/d2k/rules/system.yaml
+++ b/mods/d2k/rules/system.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ World:
 		Name: terrain
 	PlayerColorPalette:
 		BasePalette: units
+		PaletteFormat: d2k
 	PaletteFromFile@units:
 		Name: units
 		Filename: units.pal