colour mixing pallet idea (Re: Getting about)

[david powell]

On Friday 05 October 2007 9:09 pm, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> Just to show y'all that people are talking about Krita in contexts I at
> least didn't know about at all:
>
> http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=918654

colour formats  are important

i guess most of those into computers tend to use rgb 
but theres real advantages in  YcbCr and CMYK / CMYKRB
formats ,, mainly for those fermiliar with mixing paints 

that has given me a realy neat idea for a kool unique feature that could be 
implimented in krita 2

basicaly  when panting with  water colours / or oils or other types of paints 
you tend to learn quickly that mixing  say red and yellow produces orange 
and it becomes second nature that to get the colour you want you add say 75% 
of one colour with 20% of another and 5% of yet another 

anyway the idea is to have a colour mixing pallet that could provide that 

basicaly you select a colour and then can add another to it 
now the kool bit is that if you can create something on the lines of a mixing 
tray , where you can have your own say 16 or so colours that you have mixed 
a bit like the custom colours 
with the abilaty to eather pick a colour from eather the rgb colour wheel or 
other pallet sets or even a YcbCr ,CMYK or CMYKRB mixer 

guess being able to adjust other properties like shade (darken /lighten ) 
also 

from the point of view of a painter , it would let them work in a way there 
accustomed to , plus is a good aid for those wanting to learn how to paint 
using colours and mixing 

theres lots of disadvantages from using rgb colour scapes anyway 
even though the actual display is limited to it 

having the colour wheel is bad in some ways for some as it does not 
allow you to pick a colour , paint , add a bit of red , paint , add more 
yellow ,and some black to make it darker and paint 
you end up getting slightly the wrong tone  , and theres no quick way to :-
 pick a starting colour ,, paint 
use it to make another tone of the same base colour and paint 
find the original colour again , and paint 

anyway thoughts ,, i know it needs a bit of thinking on and needs the 
interface refining but i think it could be a kool feature for krita 2 

some sort of colour history would be usefull also as often is the case where 
you use one colour ,, think youve finished so pic a diferent one , only to 
find when you zoomed in that you missed a bit ,, and have to then hunt around 
with the colour picker for it again 

Dave

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