Open Palette Generator

Description

Takes a CSV of colour name, cmyk percentages, and hex codes and generates palette files in the format

Colour Name, C, M, Y, K, RGB Hex

gpl for GIMP and Inkscape
Scribus xml
Krita Bundle

Swatchos

This project came about from the need of open source palettes for the colour swatch cards (Swatchos) available from Basallt. The only palette available for download is in Adobe CC (ASE) format, which there are projects that aim to convert this. Each not up to date and not easily used. So I took the the table of swatches and produced the CSV, then created this to generate the different palettes for the different software that I use.

This will be able to be used with any CSV that follows the example

Usage & Requirements

Currently this should run on any version of python 3 or above

python main.py file_format input.csv palette_name

Where "file_format" could be:

gpl : GIMP / Inkscape RGB Palette
scribus : Scribus CMYK XML Palette
krita : Krita Resource Bundle

i.e.

python main.py gpl input.csv palette
- will produce a rgb .gpl for use in Inkscape, GIMP and Krita
python main.py scribus input.csv palette
- will generate a cmyk .xml for use with scribus
python main.py krita input.csv palette
- produces a krita resource bundle

Where "input_csv" would be your input csv as in swatchos.csv

Where "palette_name" is the name of your palette, the required extension is added automatically

Where to place the swatches

Inkscape

Place the exported .gpl in $HOME/.config/inkscape/palettes

GIMP

Place the exported .gpl in $HOME/.config/GIMP/$VERSION/palettes, where $VERSION is the gimp version

Scribus

Place the outputted xml file in /usr/share/scribus/swatches (you will need to sudo or be root)

Krita

You can either place the .gpl generated by using the gpl format into $HOME/.local/share/krita/palettes. or

Use the Krita bundle and add via settings, manage resource libraries and then import from there

TODO, add a preview picture for the bundle, this is likely o be something generic, possibly a logo?

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