Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry receives coded information of a block that is encoded in a palette based coding mode. The block is a beginning of a predefined coding region that includes one or more coding tree units (CTUs). The processing circuitry further determines a palette for the block independently of palette information of one or more previously decoded blocks of the palette based coding mode, and decodes pixels of the block based on the coded information of the block and the determined palette for the block.