It might help to clean the user profile, see https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile. Background to the color palette update can be found here https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2016/12/30/new-color-palettes-in-libreoffice/ and there https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2017/04/10/new-standard-color-palette/.
Cheers, Heiko PS: Colors are stored as RGB values in documents, there must not be any difference between $FF0000 (Red) on Linux vs. Windows or between different versions. On 02.03.20 12:32, Philip Jackson wrote: > I have never had much use for the color palettes other than the occasional > use of red for the odd word in Writer. So this thread provoked a bit of > curiosity to check on my machines. > > My W10 box has LO installed from the LO website - recently updated to 6.3.5.2 > and the standard color palette is 12 columns by 10 rows. The drop down lists > 8 palettes. > > My UbuntuStudio box shows 2 standard palettes (in a drop down list of 9 > palettes) : > - one with 12 cols by 14 rows with 7 more colors on the 15th row. > - the other standard palette has 12 cols by 10 rows > > For years, I have used the Ubuntu distribution of LO but recently I changed > to the PPA which purports to maintain the latest LO stable release. It > recently updated my copy to 6.3.5.2. > > I imagine the color palette situation on my Ubuntu box reflects the history > of my LO installations from Ubuntu over the years. Although I am surprised > that two palettes with the same name can exist in the drop down lists. > > Philip > > On 01/03/2020 21:49, Dan Lewis wrote: >> I use the Ubuntu O/S; LibreOffice 6.3.5.1 and 6.4.1.1 are from the LO >> website. In both cases, the standard pallet contains 12 columns and 10 rows. >> >> Dan >> >> On 3/1/20 2:36 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: >>> I notice the same thing, but my linux version is 6.3 from the openSUSE >>> repository and not the LO website and the win 10 install is 6.4 so I >>> could not say that that hasn't caused the difference. I have noticed the >>> palettes changing over time and a while back I created my own custom >>> palette (including company branding colours) so I could have consistency. >>> steve >>> >>> On 02/03/2020 07:19, Cuyahoga Falls wrote: >>>> I have two laptops running LibreOffice. One is a Sony Vaio with LO >>>> 6.0.6.x and Linux Mint 18. The other is a Lenovo with LO 6.0.7.x and >>>> Windows 10. >>>> >>>> I recently opened an Impress Presentation on my Windows machine to >>>> work on. At one point, I wanted to change the color of my font on one >>>> of my slides. I went to the font color icon on the toolbar and clicked >>>> the down arrow. I immediately noticed that the selection of available >>>> colors was different that that available on my Linux computer. >>>> >>>> To be more specific, if I click on the font color icon on the Windows >>>> computer, I get a selection of available colors arranged in 12 columns >>>> by 10 rows. For this example, I am using the colors available in the >>>> palette called "standard." The top row shows 12 shades of gray. In the >>>> second row, the color choices are "Yellow," "Gold," "Orange," "Brick," >>>> "Red," "Magenta," "Purple," "Indigo," "Blue," "Teal," "Green," and >>>> "Lime." Then under each color column are boxes called Light <color> or >>>> Dark <color> followed by a number. So, for example, if I look at the >>>> "Blue" column, the top color is represented simply as "Blue." Below it >>>> are color boxes called "Light Blue 4," Light Blue 3," and so on down >>>> to "Light Blue 1," then followed by "Dark Blue 1," up to "Dark Blue >>>> 4." Each column is similarly arranged under its respective color. >>>> >>>> On my Linux computer, the "standard" palette consists of 12 columns by >>>> 15 rows of colors. The color row below the row of gray, is represented >>>> by the colors, "Yellow," "Orange," "Red," "Pink," "Magenta," "Purple," >>>> "Blue," "Sky Blue," "Cyan," "Turquoise," "Green," and "Yellow Green." >>>> Then below each main color are boxes ranging from <Color> 1 to <Color> >>>> 9 with no light or dark designations. >>>> >>>> In short, the "standard" font color palette on LO in Windows is >>>> different from the "standard" palette on LO in Linux Mint. Moreover, >>>> the color represented as "Blue" on my Windows machine is decidedly >>>> different than the color called "Blue" on the Linux machine. >>>> >>>> I must say I have been using both computers for over a year now and I >>>> often share LO files between the two computers. It was only recently >>>> -- in the past week -- that I noticed the difference in standard color >>>> palettes. I could have sworn that the two palettes were the same in >>>> the past, but I can't think of anything I could have done to cause the >>>> Windows LO "standard" color palette to suddenly change. >>>> >>>> In an attempt to "fix" things, I downloaded and installed LO 6.3.4.2 >>>> to my Windows computer, and also renamed my user profile. Neither had >>>> any effect on the way the "standard" font-color is represented. >>>> >>>> I know this is longer than anyone would like, but if anyone can >>>> confirm similar behavior on their Windows vs. Linux installations of >>>> LO, or recommend any action, I would appreciate it. >>>> >>>> Virgil >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > <https://le-theron.com> author of "The Circle of Fifths" for improvising > musicians > Get it here https://www.books2read.com/u/bWnRM4 > > auteur : "Le Cycle des Quintes" pour musiciens improvisateurs > disponibilité : https://www.books2read.com/u/bw8rv9 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Dr. Heiko Tietze, UX-Designer and UX-Mentor Tel: +49 30 5557992-63 | Mail: heiko.tie...@documentfoundation.org The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: https://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
