diff --git a/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c b/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c
index d5acf1ed60..dc71c0560c 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.c
@@ -180,9 +180,25 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_palette_obj_make_opaque(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t pal
 }
 MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(displayio_palette_make_opaque_obj, displayio_palette_obj_make_opaque);
 
+//|     def is_transparent(self, palette_index: int) -> bool:
+//|         """Returns `True` if the palette index is transparent.  Returns `False` if opaque."""
+//|         ...
+//|
+STATIC mp_obj_t displayio_palette_obj_is_transparent(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t palette_index_obj) {
+    displayio_palette_t *self = MP_OBJ_TO_PTR(self_in);
+
+    mp_int_t palette_index;
+    if (!mp_obj_get_int_maybe(palette_index_obj, &palette_index)) {
+        mp_raise_ValueError(translate("palette_index should be an int"));
+    }
+    return mp_obj_new_bool(common_hal_displayio_palette_is_transparent(self, palette_index));
+}
+MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(displayio_palette_is_transparent_obj, displayio_palette_obj_is_transparent);
+
 STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t displayio_palette_locals_dict_table[] = {
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_make_transparent), MP_ROM_PTR(&displayio_palette_make_transparent_obj) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_make_opaque), MP_ROM_PTR(&displayio_palette_make_opaque_obj) },
+    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_is_transparent), MP_ROM_PTR(&displayio_palette_is_transparent_obj) },
 };
 STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_DICT(displayio_palette_locals_dict, displayio_palette_locals_dict_table);
 
diff --git a/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.h b/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.h
index 62b8f36009..d9a798016c 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.h
+++ b/shared-bindings/displayio/Palette.h
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@ uint32_t common_hal_displayio_palette_get_len(displayio_palette_t *self);
 
 void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_opaque(displayio_palette_t *self, uint32_t palette_index);
 void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_transparent(displayio_palette_t *self, uint32_t palette_index);
+bool common_hal_displayio_palette_is_transparent(displayio_palette_t *self, uint32_t palette_index);
 
 #endif // MICROPY_INCLUDED_SHARED_BINDINGS_DISPLAYIO_PALETTE_H
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c b/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c
index 6dde3a80f1..9b6374ac38 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/Palette.c
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ void common_hal_displayio_palette_make_transparent(displayio_palette_t *self, ui
     self->needs_refresh = true;
 }
 
+bool common_hal_displayio_palette_is_transparent(displayio_palette_t *self, uint32_t palette_index) {
+    return self->colors[palette_index].transparent;
+}
+
 uint32_t common_hal_displayio_palette_get_len(displayio_palette_t *self) {
     return self->color_count;
 }