farben
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
Installation
It’s available from PyPi:
# Using 'pip'
pip install farben
# Using 'poetry'
poetry add farben
Getting started
Using 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!
FAQ
Q: But where do all those files go?
A: That depends, …
- …
.xml files may be loaded individually with Edit - Colours & Fills - Solid Colours - Import (Scribus)
- …
.soc files 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
.gpl files boils down to:
- moving them to any path specified in
Edit - Preferences - Folders - Palettes (GIMP)
- moving them to
palettes under directory specified in Edit - Preferences - System - User Config (Inkscape)
- importing them using the palette docker (Krita)
- … installing
.acb files is pretty straightforward
Color samples
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).
Copyright
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 …
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.
Similar projects
- For Scribus, there’s also the (currently unmaintained) package
SwatchBooker
Happy coding!
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