stam wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 6:41 pm
But your comment about Apple’s colour picker not saving custom colours is completely wrong I’m afraid
Ah, you are quite right! I was really wondering what all those little slots were for, when clicking them cause nothing to happen. But I see now that you drag'n'drop colours to them! Just like how Roger's tool works. OK, that's one more lesson learned today! Great!
However, it's the Windows deficiencies in the area that are my main headache.
And even with Roger's tool I'm not yet at 100% developer satisfaction. What I additionally need (on both platforms really) is this:
When designing software for some clients, I'm provided with their CVI policy (Corporate visual identity), which includes detailed colour specifications with RGB values. Often such colour choices match no named LC colour (or I can't remember it anyway), so I enter the RGB values each time.
Thus, I'd like to save the colour,
and give it a custom name, such as "Volvo blue", or "IKEA yellow", or "Government accent red" etc (no, not actual clients of mine
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) So that I can easily pick the correct one, even after not having worked on a project for a while. I have a simple text doc list now, or even store them as custom props sometimes, but it would be easier to have a tailor-made colour picker that makes it a one-click business for me.
This thread has given me some great resources and ideas, and so saved me a lot of time in chiselling out my ideal colour management tool.
I've really come to appreciate the spirit of Andre Garzia, who wrote a whole book on the virtues of building your own developer/project tools ("Development Oriented Development"). Time invested now will be saving so much time later.