Download winamp_aquaskin.zip (120KB) and place it in a new folder under your skins folder called Aqua.
“C:\Program Files\WinAmp\Skins\Aqua\”
You may download the latest version of WinAmp at http://www.winamp.com.
File Metadata
February 25, 2026
Looking at the image files in the Zip file, they were created on March 29, 1998, between 2:42 AM and 5:12 AM. The viscolor.txt file was made on March 28, 1998, at 8:33 PM, and the archive itself was created on April 18, 1998, at 8:53 PM.
WinAmp Skin Museum
February 25, 2026
28 Years later, and I stumbled upon the WinAmp Skin Museum, composed of thousands of WinAmp skins found through the Internet Archive. I was able to add my skin to the collection and interact with it to play music, just like I did in the 90’s. You can see it in action here:
https://skins.webamp.org/skin/544183b2082dd4f98894c0ab98df9e36/winamp_aquaskin.zip/
This skin was mainly created using Alien Skin Software (2.0 Black Box?) filters for drop shadows, glow effects, and inner bevels. It also had a swirl filter that I used to create the background. This was a time long before most graphic editing programs included those types of filters.
The name “Aqua” is based on the band Aqua and its popular song, “Barbie Girl.”
Graphical design elements
Originally, these were formatted as bitmap (BMP) files.
viscolor.txt
50,0,100 // 0 = black (background color #1)
255,0,50 // 1 = grey (background color #2)
255,255,255 // 2 = top of spec
232,245,251 // 3
208,234,246 // 4
185,225,243 // 5
161,214,238 // 6
138,204,234 // 7
114,195,230 // 8
91,184,226 // 9
93,171,219 // 10 = mid of spec
89,149,201 // 11
88,128,184 // 12
85,106,166 // 13
82,85,148 // 14
76,64,131 // 15
77,42,113 // 16
75,22,97 // 17 = bottom of spec
255,255,255 // 18 = osc 1 (brightest)
214,214,222 // 19 = osc 2
181,189,189 // 20 = osc 3
148,156,165 // 21 = osc 4
148,156,165 // 22 = osc 5 (dimmest)