[scribus] Limited colour palette in 1.3.9

[Christoph Schäfer]

On Freitag, 10. Dezember 2010 12:26:40 Lisa Charles wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gregory Pittman [mailto:gregp_ky at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 10 December 2010 02:30
> To: Scribus User Mailing List; lisa at arpctitanium.com
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Limited colour palette in 1.3.9
> 
> On 12/09/2010 09:15 PM, Lisa Charles wrote:
> > Submitted on 12/10/2010
> > Submitted by anonymous user: [10.1.5.224]
> > 
> > Submitted values are:
> > 
> > Name: Lisa Charles
> > Email Address: lisa at arpctitanium.com
> > Subject: Limited colour palette in 1.3.9
> > Message:
> > The coluor palette in 1.3.9 is very small, unlike all the colours in
> > version 1.3.3.14.
> > 
> > I have installed ICC profiles and activated colout management - has this
> > affected how many colours are available? Also in the colours that are
> > available some have a small triangle alert sign next to it - what does
> > this mean?
> > 
> > I'm trying to change the colour of the text in a heading to a pale grey
> > and there is no grey available to select at all.
> > 
> > Please can someone shed some light on this for me.
> >
> >Hi Lisa,
> >
> >Scribus still has a number of palettes, and an enlarging number at that.
> >
> >Here is the "trick":
> >
> >With no document open, go to Edit > Colors. Now you will see an ability
> >to choose a Color Set to your liking, one of which will be the one
> >you're used to from 1.3.3.14, plus quite a number of others.
> >
> >Greg
> 
> Thanks, seen the many colour sets to choose from now and can see how you
> create your own colour.
> 
> Do you know what the red outlined triangle means that appears next to some
> colour set in properties. I first thought it was only next to RGB and not
> CMYK colours. But then realised this wasn't the case. Are the colours with
> the triangle alert/warning not to be used for some reason based on the
> document settings of the document I'm working on? Are the incompatible in
> some way?

Hi Lisa,

We have added extensive documentation about solid colours to 1.3.9. Just open 
the Help Browser (F1) and look under "Documentation > Scribus Basics" and 
start with "Editing Colors". These documents should answer all your questions, 
and if they don't, please reply to this message and tell me what's missing, so 
I can add it for 1.4.

Cheers,

Christoph