[OpenICC] colour palettes/lists

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Friday 16 September 2005 10:25, Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
> Even if spot colours are a very interessting toppic, I like to bring the
> attention to the origin of my post:
>
>   Colour palettes in the sense of a colour collections for brushes, pens
>   and so on in drawing applications.
>
>
> So let me repeat my question(s) about colour palettes for painting:
>
> Are there widely used formats for inter application exchange of pen
> colours (documented and extensible)?

I think there are only two widely used formats: Gimp's and Photoshop's.
The Gimp format is quite limited, so I'd say yes, to the following question:

> Is there a need for a new one?

I want to be able to describe colors in any colorspace, and preferably to add 
a link to a profile so I know what those color hexes actually mean.

> Would be the Microsoft xml format a valuable candidate (documentation)?
> What about svg?
> Is the overlapping of a colour managment colour list format (CGATS/ncl2)
> and an painting colour palette desireable?

But I don't know about these questions: that's beyond me.

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Boudewijn Rempt 
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