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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:34:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: [proposal] Adopt palette to Symphony palette partially
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=0A=0ADa: Pedro Giffuni=A0=0A>=0A>Hello;=0A>=0A>Despite being so subjective=
, this is an extremely interesting subject.=0A>=0A>I went googling around t=
he subject and it is quite important, I mean, there are experts that=0A>wor=
k=A0on this stuff. For example, these guys will let you obtain a palette fr=
om a picture:=0A>http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/index.php=0A>=0A>=0A=
>The first list of colors=A0used as a basis for WWW standards were actually=
 taken from the=0A>X11 palette:=0A>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_n=
ames=0A>=0A>=0A>If we were to adhere to some standard I guess that would be=
 the starting point. Nevertheless,=0A>this is a matter that is far from bei=
ng standardized.=0A>=0A>Looking at Symphony: I like the color palette but i=
t still can be improved. If you slide over=0A>the colors you can see names =
and while some are descriptive, most are not (cyan1, cyan 2)=0A>=0A>There a=
re certainly color professionals out there that have considered this and so=
me colors=0A>are popular enough to have a name:=0A>http://en.wikipedia.org/=
wiki/List_of_colors_(compact)=0A>=0A>=0A>I would suggest that we do take in=
itially the Symphony palette but attempt to replace most=0A>unnamed colors =
with something that can be identified by name in either of the lists above.=
=0A>It's a lot=A0of work and I am not volunteering though :(.=0A>=0A=0AJust=
 following the last link ....=0A=0APerhaps just sorting this list by hex va=
lue would provide a complete palette=0Afor any use:=0A=0Ahttp://en.wikipedi=
a.org/wiki/List_of_colors=0A=0A>regards,=0A>=0A>Pedro.