Again, hello.
Has anyone successfully imported the RAL colour palette into QCAD?
Or know how to use these colours?
Thanks again,
Alec
Importing and using RAL colours - SOLVED
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Importing and using RAL colours - SOLVED
Last edited by vettawindows on Sat Feb 06, 2021 2:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Importing and using RAL colours
The current snapshot release 3.25.2.11 comes with a customizable color palette.
Snapshot releases are not intended for production use. This will very likely also make it into the next stable release.
Snapshot releases are not intended for production use. This will very likely also make it into the next stable release.
Re: Importing and using RAL colours
Yes.vettawindows wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:07 pmHas anyone successfully imported the RAL colour palette into QCAD?
Or know how to use these colours?
Also Yes.
Once:
1. open Application Preferences
2. General / Color Palette / Insert RAL Colors
From now on:
3. Use RAL Colors in every Color related Selection Menu
@Andrew: By the way, colors is a very complicated issue.
E.g.: In QCAD the predefined color for RAL 1003 is #F7BA0B
On http://farbenfinder.de/RAL1003 the color is #F9A800
On https://de.ralcolor.net/signalgelb.php RAL1003 is #E5BE01
What is the right color definition?
Sure, I can change it individually in Application Preferences or in QCAD3.ini but that seems not to be the right way because RAL should be a standard. Isn't it?
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Re: Importing and using RAL colours
Our source was: https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_ral.asp
As far as I know there are no official RGB codes for RAL colors, only approximations. Indeed a "very complicated issue" as you sayThere can only be one right but which is it?
Re: Importing and using RAL colours
Thats true but I was astonished how much the RAL colors differ from source to source. Not only in numbers but visible.
How ever, I found under http://ralcolores.mrket.net/indexD.php?index=RAL_UP a list of RAL definitions in german.
Feel free to use it.
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Re: Importing and using RAL colours
The use of RAL color palettes is restricted by its license. We will provide a .gpl palette file import instead in the preference dialog and include some free palette files. Licensed users of the RAL palette can also import RAL colors this way.
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Re: Importing and using RAL colours
Thank you all. I will mark this as SOLVED