This library provides an easy way to generate color palettes:
In computer graphics, a palette is a finite set of colors. — Wikipedia article 'Palette (Computing)'
.. often referred to as Swatches (as branded by Adobe Inc.):
Swatches are named colors, tints, gradients, and patterns. — Adobe Illustrator
.. featuring the following (proprietary) color spaces:
For now, farben creates master palettes for use in
It's available from PyPi:
# Using 'pip'
pip install farben
# Using 'poetry'
poetry add farbenUsing this library is straightforward - otherwise, --help is your friend:
$ farben fetch --help
Usage: farben [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
PANTONE®, RAL®, Dulux®, Copic®, NCS®, HKS® and Prismacolor® color palettes
for Scribus, GIMP, AutoCAD, Inkscape, Krita & LibreOffice.
Options:
-v, --version Show the version and exit.
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
fetch BRANDS: pantone | ral | dulux | copic | ncs | hks | prismacolor
Using its fetch command is fairly easy, like that:
# Example 1
# - all brands
# - all palettes
$ farben fetch
# Example 2
# - all brands
# - only specific palette(s)
$ farben fetch -p gpl
$ farben fetch -p gpl -p acb
# Example 3
# - only specific brand(s)
$ farben fetch copic
$ farben fetch copic dulux.. you get the idea!
Q: But where do all those files go? A: That depends, ..
- ..
.xmlfiles may be loaded individually withEdit - Colours & Fills - Solid Colours - Import(Scribus) - ..
.socfiles belong here:~\AppData\Roaming\libreoffice\3\user(Windows + PowerShell, otherwise%userprofile%)~/Library/Application Support/libreoffice/4/user/config(Mac)~/.config/libreoffice/4/user/config(Linux)
- .. installing
.gplfiles boils down to:- moving them to any path specified in
Edit - Preferences - Folders - Palettes(GIMP) - moving them to
palettesunder directory specified inEdit - Preferences - System - User Config(Inkscape) - importing them using the palette docker (Krita)
- moving them to any path specified in
- .. installing
.acbfiles is pretty straightforward
If you are looking for a quick way to browse PANTONE® colors, check out the Pantone Finder package or visit their website to get started.
Once you retrieved color palettes, you can
- view them using PHP like this:
cd examples/{brand} && php -S localhost:8000 - view static HTML page like this:
cd examples && python build.py
When clicking on a color tile, its hex value is copied to your clipboard (powered by clipboard.js).
Whenever mentioned throughout this project, PANTONE® and related trademarks are the property of Pantone LLC, a division of X-Rite, a Danaher company.
The same applies to ..
- RAL® and related trademarks of RAL gGmbH (non-profit LLC) and RAL Deutsches Institut für Gütesicherung und Kennzeichnung e. V.
- Dulux® and related trademarks of AkzoNobel N.V. (worldwide) and DuluxGroup (Australia & New Zealand)
- Copic® and related trademarks of Too Marker Corporation
- Natural Colour System® and related trademarks of NCS Colour AB
- HKS® and related trademarks of HKS Warenzeichenverband e.V
- Prismacolor® and related trademarks of Berol Corporation, owned by Sanford L.P., a Newell Brands company.
We assume neither ownership nor intellectual property of any kind - color codes (and names), sRGB and/or hexadecimal values are publically available on the internet.
- For Scribus, there's also the (currently unmaintained) package
SwatchBooker
Happy coding!
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