diff --git a/cc-common.c b/cc-common.c
index 46e19e8..f2a4824 100644
--- a/cc-common.c
+++ b/cc-common.c
@@ -1,5 +1,51 @@
 #include "cc-common.h"
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+struct palette *cc_alloc_palette(uint8_t count) {
+  struct palette *palette = calloc(1, sizeof(struct palette) + count * sizeof(union color));
+  if (!palette) {
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  uint8_t *count_ptr = (uint8_t*)&palette->count;
+  *count_ptr = count;
+  return palette;
+}
+
+struct palette *cc_realloc_palette(struct palette* ptr, uint8_t count) {
+  if (!ptr) {
+    return cc_alloc_palette(count);
+  }
+  struct palette *palette;
+  if (count > ptr->count) {
+    palette = realloc(ptr, sizeof(struct palette) + count * sizeof(union color));
+    if (!palette) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    for (int i = palette->count; i < count; i++) {
+      palette->colors[i] = (union color){ .v = 0 };
+    }
+  } else {
+    palette = ptr;
+  }
+  uint8_t *count_ptr = (uint8_t*)&palette->count;
+  *count_ptr = count;
+  return palette;
+}
+
+void cc_assign_palette(struct palette *dst, const struct palette *src) {
+  if (!dst || !src) {
+    return;
+  }
+  int count = dst->count;
+  if (count > src->count) {
+    count = src->count;
+  }
+  for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
+    dst->colors[i] = src->colors[i];
+  }
+}
+
 const struct palette cc_default_palette = PALETTE(
   { { 0xf0, 0xf0, 0xf0, 0xff } },
   { { 0xf2, 0xb2, 0x33, 0xff } },
diff --git a/cc-common.h b/cc-common.h
index 7abd47d..35f4c66 100644
--- a/cc-common.h
+++ b/cc-common.h
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ struct palette {
 #define LENGTHOF(...) (sizeof(__VA_ARGS__) / sizeof(*(__VA_ARGS__)))
 #define PALETTE(...) { .count = LENGTHOF((union color[]){__VA_ARGS__}), .colors = {__VA_ARGS__} }
 
+struct palette *cc_alloc_palette(uint8_t count);
+struct palette *cc_realloc_palette(struct palette* ptr, uint8_t count);
+void cc_assign_palette(struct palette *dst, const struct palette *src);
+
 const extern GlyphBitmap cc_font_atlas[256];
 const extern struct palette cc_default_palette, cc_default_gray_palette;