diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/World/IndexedPalette.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/World/IndexedPalette.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae689be5c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/World/IndexedPalette.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2020 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
+ * information, see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using OpenRA.Graphics;
+using OpenRA.Primitives;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common
+{
+	[Desc("Define a palette by swapping palette indices.")]
+	public class IndexedPaletteInfo : TraitInfo, IRulesetLoaded
+	{
+		[PaletteDefinition]
+		[FieldLoader.Require]
+		[Desc("Internal palette name")]
+		public readonly string Name = null;
+
+		[PaletteReference]
+		[Desc("The name of the palette to base off.")]
+		public readonly string BasePalette = null;
+
+		[FieldLoader.Require]
+		[Desc("Indices from BasePalette to be swapped with ReplaceIndex.")]
+		public readonly int[] Index = { };
+
+		[FieldLoader.Require]
+		[Desc("Indices from BasePalette to replace from Index.")]
+		public readonly int[] ReplaceIndex = { };
+
+		[Desc("Allow palette modifiers to change the palette.")]
+		public readonly bool AllowModifiers = true;
+
+		public override object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new IndexedPalette(this); }
+
+		public void RulesetLoaded(Ruleset rules, ActorInfo ai)
+		{
+			if (Index.Length != ReplaceIndex.Length)
+				throw new YamlException("ReplaceIndex length does not match Index length for palette {0}".F(Name));
+		}
+	}
+
+	public class IndexedPalette : ILoadsPalettes
+	{
+		readonly IndexedPaletteInfo info;
+
+		public IndexedPalette(IndexedPaletteInfo info)
+		{
+			this.info = info;
+		}
+
+		public void LoadPalettes(WorldRenderer wr)
+		{
+			var basePalette = wr.Palette(info.BasePalette).Palette;
+			var pal = new ImmutablePalette(basePalette, new IndexedColorRemap(basePalette, info.Index, info.ReplaceIndex));
+			wr.AddPalette(info.Name, pal, info.AllowModifiers);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public class IndexedColorRemap : IPaletteRemap
+	{
+		Dictionary<int, int> replacements = new Dictionary<int, int>();
+		IPalette basePalette;
+
+		public IndexedColorRemap(IPalette basePalette, int[] ramp, int[] remap)
+		{
+			this.basePalette = basePalette;
+			if (ramp.Length != remap.Length)
+				throw new InvalidDataException("ramp and remap lengths do no match.");
+
+			for (var i = 0; i < ramp.Length; i++)
+				replacements[ramp[i]] = remap[i];
+		}
+
+		public Color GetRemappedColor(Color original, int index)
+		{
+			int c;
+			return replacements.TryGetValue(index, out c)
+				? basePalette.GetColor(c) : original;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/IndexedPlayerPalette.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/World/IndexedPlayerPalette.cs
similarity index 77%
rename from OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/IndexedPlayerPalette.cs
rename to OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/World/IndexedPlayerPalette.cs
index 1979df120e..762c2797d5 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Player/IndexedPlayerPalette.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/World/IndexedPlayerPalette.cs
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using OpenRA.Graphics;
 using OpenRA.Primitives;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
 
-namespace OpenRA.Traits
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common
 {
 	[Desc("Define a player palette by swapping palette indices.")]
 	public class IndexedPlayerPaletteInfo : TraitInfo, IRulesetLoaded
@@ -68,27 +69,4 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 			wr.AddPalette(info.BaseName + playerName, pal, info.AllowModifiers, replaceExisting);
 		}
 	}
-
-	public class IndexedColorRemap : IPaletteRemap
-	{
-		Dictionary<int, int> replacements = new Dictionary<int, int>();
-		IPalette basePalette;
-
-		public IndexedColorRemap(IPalette basePalette, int[] ramp, int[] remap)
-		{
-			this.basePalette = basePalette;
-			if (ramp.Length != remap.Length)
-				throw new InvalidDataException("ramp and remap lengths do no match.");
-
-			for (var i = 0; i < ramp.Length; i++)
-				replacements[ramp[i]] = remap[i];
-		}
-
-		public Color GetRemappedColor(Color original, int index)
-		{
-			int c;
-			return replacements.TryGetValue(index, out c)
-				? basePalette.GetColor(c) : original;
-		}
-	}
 }