gimp-color-palettes

A collection of RGB color palettes for GIMP and Inkscape (but also Aseprite, Drawpile, Krita and MyPaint).

You can preview and download all these palettes directly in the browser.

Table of Contents

• GIMP's Palettes Format
• Importing the palettes
  • GIMP
  • Inkscape
• License

GIMP's palettes format

GIMP palettes are stored using a special file format, in files with the extension .gpl.

Every palette must have the following structure:

GIMP Palette
Name: <name>
Columns: <number>
# <comment>
  0    0    0  Black
255  255  255  White

• GIMP Palette - it must be the first line of the file.
• Name: <name> - sets the name of the color palette.
• Columns: <number> - is just an indication for displaying the palette inside GIMP.
• # <comment> - comments must start with a #. All comments are ignored by GIMP.
• 0 0 0 Black - RGB values for the color followed by the color name.

Here is an simple example:

GIMP Palette
Name: Example
Columns: 2
# A simple example
  0    0    0  Black
255  255  255  White
255    0    0  Red
  0  255    0  Green
  0    0  255  Blue

Note: The RGB values don't need to line up.

Importing the palettes

GIMP

Copy the .gpl file in the folder /palettes, which you create in the folder indicated at Edit ‣ Preferences ‣ Folders ‣ Palettes.

Restart GIMP to see the new palette in the list.

Inkscape

Copy the .gpl file in the folder indicated at Edit ‣ Preferences ‣ System: User palettes.

Restart Inkscape to see the new palette in the list.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.