Da: Pedro Giffuni > >Hello; > >Despite being so subjective, this is an extremely interesting subject. > >I went googling around the subject and it is quite important, I mean, there >are experts that >work on this stuff. For example, these guys will let you obtain a palette from >a picture: >http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/index.php > > >The first list of colors used as a basis for WWW standards were actually taken >from the >X11 palette: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_names > > >If we were to adhere to some standard I guess that would be the starting >point. Nevertheless, >this is a matter that is far from being standardized. > >Looking at Symphony: I like the color palette but it still can be improved. If >you slide over >the colors you can see names and while some are descriptive, most are not >(cyan1, cyan 2) > >There are certainly color professionals out there that have considered this >and some colors >are popular enough to have a name: >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors_(compact) > > >I would suggest that we do take initially the Symphony palette but attempt to >replace most >unnamed colors with something that can be identified by name in either of the >lists above. >It's a lot of work and I am not volunteering though :(. >
Just following the last link .... Perhaps just sorting this list by hex value would provide a complete palette for any use: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors >regards, > >Pedro.
