I noticed this at some point, too... it's because the swatch is actually a theme-able GTK widget for some reason, which ends up getting shading gradients applied to it with at least some theme engines. I'm guessing this issue doesn't exist if you have the intended clearlooks theme installed...
-- junkyardsparkle On Sun, Sep 13, 2015, at 00:15, KOVÁCS István wrote: > Hi, > > At first it was my eyes tricking me, but no: the colour picker's > swatch is not homogeneous - why? > http://tech.kovacs-telekes.org/files/dt-colour-picker/1.jpg shows an example; > http://tech.kovacs-telekes.org/files/dt-colour-picker/2.png is the > same photo, intentionally blown out by adding +10 EV - open this in > Gimp, open the colour picker there (or press 'O'), select Pick only + > Use Info window, and go from the bottom left corner to the top right > corner of the square along the diagonal. > > What's the point in adding a gradient? Is it some side (or indended) > effect of theming/skinning? Is there a benefit (e.g. adding a gradient > makes judging colour easier or similar)? > > 64-bit Mint 17.0, Darktable 1.6.8 from PPA. > > Thanks, > Kofa > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Darktable-users mailing list > Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list Darktable-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
