> Scribus 1.5.0 offers several palettes, some of which are so > limited as to be IMO useless. Others contain a range of shades > of one or two colors. Looking for a useful general CMYK palette I > found at the bottom of the menu a palette called Galaxy. I have > for years used a printed guide to CMYK colors that I purchased > from a company called Galaxy Gauge. On one of their products, the > "Color Map Pro", printed on glossy paper, is a list of swatches > with names and CMYK numbers. The names, numbers and the colors > on this list are identical to the palette named "Galaxy" on > Scribus 1.5.0. > > It is advantageous to have both the printed Galaxy Gauge Color > Pro product and the Scribus palette. Actual printed colors do not > always match the colors we see on the screen, even though they > have the same numbers and name. The Color Map Pro has lots of > other features, including a table of about 1100 swatches and > their CMYK formulations, ways to find complementary color > combinations and so on. I consider it invaluable. > > In my scanning of the dozen or more palettes on 1.5.0 the > Galaxy palette is the most practical one IMO. >
Hi John, 1.5.0 is for development, not production. If you wish to incorporate more meaningful swatches, just cop over the innumerable ones found in 1.4.3 -- Owen
