Aw: Re: Re: [libreoffice-design] Open Colour Systems Collection 2.0 released

> Gesendet: Montag, 02. Januar 2017 um 11:54 Uhr
> Von: toki <toki.kantoor@gmail.com>
> An: design@global.libreoffice.org
> Betreff: Re: Aw: Re: [libreoffice-design] Open Colour Systems Collection 2.0 released
>
> On 01/02/2017 08:24 AM, "Christoph Schäfer" wrote:
>
> > Simply put, having additional 376 palettes available, most of which are special purpose ones,
>
> Is there a list of what each of those palettes is for?
> If so, where?
>
> Failing that, are the names of the palettes meaningful?
> IOW, will a specialized Internet Search Engine be able point a person to
> why the palette was created, and/or what the specific use case of the
> palette is, using just the name of the specific palette?
>
> > I certainly don't have the time to code this, but if anyone wants to get their hands dirty with 
> > trying, I'll be supportive.
>
> Once I figured out how to load those palettes into LibO 5.3 beta, my
> first thought was "what is the use case for each of these palettes?"
>
> I can put transforming the palettes into an extension on my to do list,
> but it probably will be months before they reach the top of that list.
>
> If I do it, I will put one colour palette in one extension. Whilst this
> is far more work for me, it enables each palette to have an
> understandable explanation on the LibreOffice website. On the flipside,
> having almost 400 extensions just of palettes will have a negative
> impact on users trying to find other extensions.
> Obvious solution is to add a new area "Palettes" next to Events on
> https://extensions.libreoffice.org/ . That specific issue can be
> addressed, when I'm ready to upload the palettes.
>
> jonathon


Hi Jonathon,


Information regarding the palettes is included in the plain text version of OCSC 2.0 
(http://freiefarbe.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/OCSC_20_CLF.zip), which comprises two plain text 
files for each palette, one with the colour values in LAB (CLF) and another one with a description 
in German and English (TXT).


It might be useful to group the palettes using their purpose (e.g., wall paints, foils, car 
finishings, national standards etc.), i.e., one extension per colour type. If you're interested, I 
can also create SOC files from the complete Resene colour collection 
(http://www.resene.co.nz/comn/services/ASE.htm), which was licensed to Scribus under a BSD-Style 
licence, and I'm sure they'll have no problems supporting LibreOffice in the same way, especially 
since it has many more users than Scribus. That would be a separate extension: Resene Colours. Note 
that it'll probably be enough to create a single file, which uses only the "Resene Total Colour 
System 2016" palette. This one includes all colours used in the specialised palettes.


Creating an extension for every single palette doesn't make much sense, IMHO, because users can 
easily just copy the ones they need into the right directory.


As regards the extensions website, the entry should be called "Colo[u]r Palettes", right?


Kind regards,
Christoph

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