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Re: Official LEGO Color Chart
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Wed, 3 Sep 2003 18:23:58 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Dan Boger wrote:
Thanks to Jake and TLC, we just posted an official LEGO color chart, with RGB,
CMYK, and Pantone colors, and a danglish name!

Take a look:

  http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/colorguide.cgi

We will be working in the next few weeks with LDraw to associate each of these
colors with our current names.

:)

Dan and Jennifer Boger
Peeron.com


I have just finished a program that can be used to map color names and numbers
used between Peeron, Bricklink, LDraw, and Lego.  It is called Brick Colors and
can be downloaded at http://www.partscatalog.da.ru

i made this program to help me make the colors.txt map file used by Parts
Catalog and just thought that someone else may find it helpful.

please let me know if you have any features that you think i should add.

bob Kojima

   
         
   
Subject: 
colours.txt -> LDraw-org Official Part Updates!
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Date: 
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:32:52 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Bob Kojima wrote:
In lugnet.announce, Dan Boger wrote:
Thanks to Jake and TLC, we just posted an official LEGO color chart, with RGB,
CMYK, and Pantone colors, and a danglish name!

Take a look:

  http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/colorguide.cgi

We will be working in the next few weeks with LDraw to associate each of these
colors with our current names.

:)

Dan and Jennifer Boger
Peeron.com


I have just finished a program that can be used to map color names and numbers
used between Peeron, Bricklink, LDraw, and Lego.  It is called Brick Colors and
can be downloaded at http://www.partscatalog.da.ru

i made this program to help me make the colors.txt map file used by Parts
Catalog and just thought that someone else may find it helpful.

please let me know if you have any features that you think i should add.

bob Kojima

Sorry, I just can't find it. Could you give me a direct link?


Thanks,
/Tore
(btw, the file colours.txt is very close to what I have in mind, only that what
I think of should not be limited to 80 colours, it should be stored in the LDraw
BaseDir, and finally I think it should be included in the ldraw.org official
parts update!)

   
         
   
Subject: 
Re: colours.txt -> LDraw-org Official Part Updates!
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Date: 
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:50:30 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote:
(btw, the file colours.txt is very close to what I have in mind, only that what
I think of should not be limited to 80 colours, it should be stored in the LDraw
BaseDir, and finally I think it should be included in the ldraw.org official
parts update!)

This is what the ldconfig.ldr file is.  Look for it the LDraw base dir.

-Orion

   
         
   
Subject: 
Questions On ldconfig.ldr (Was: colours.txt -> LDraw-org Official Part Updates!)
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Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:22:24 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote:
(btw, the file colours.txt is very close to what I have in mind, only that what
I think of should not be limited to 80 colours, it should be stored in the LDraw
BaseDir, and finally I think it should be included in the ldraw.org official
parts update!)

This is what the ldconfig.ldr file is.  Look for it the LDraw base dir.

-Orion

Oh boy, I've never noticed that one! Must be because of its misleading name and
extension.  So, what does the A, DR, DG, DB, DA columns stand for? (A is always
= 255, so one can wonder what good it does.)

It should benifit from some more columns, like names and color-numbers for
Peeron and Bricklink. And, with permission from TLC, also LEGO.

What softwares get their data from this file?


/Tore

   
         
     
Subject: 
Re: Questions On ldconfig.ldr (Was: colours.txt -> LDraw-org Official Part Updates!)
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Date: 
Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:37:37 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote:
(btw, the file colours.txt is very close to what I have in mind, only that what
I think of should not be limited to 80 colours, it should be stored in the LDraw
BaseDir, and finally I think it should be included in the ldraw.org official
parts update!)

This is what the ldconfig.ldr file is.  Look for it the LDraw base dir.

-Orion

Oh boy, I've never noticed that one! Must be because of its misleading name and
extension.  So, what does the A, DR, DG, DB, DA columns stand for? (A is always
= 255, so one can wonder what good it does.)

Well the spec is changing so these commands will go away.

We (the LSC) are working to get the spec for the color definitions (the !COLOR
Meta coomand) finalize by the next parts release.

It should benifit from some more columns, like names and color-numbers for
Peeron and Bricklink. And, with permission from TLC, also LEGO.

What softwares get their data from this file?

LDView currently uses this file and once we finalize the !COLOR command I think
LDGLite, L3P and MLCad will release updates that use it.

-Orion

   
         
   
Subject: 
Re: Questions On ldconfig.ldr (Was: colours.txt -> LDraw-org Official Part Updates!)
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Date: 
Wed, 16 Jun 2004 02:01:32 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote:
This is what the ldconfig.ldr file is.  Look for it the LDraw base dir.

Oh boy, I've never noticed that one! Must be because of its misleading name and
extension.  So, what does the A, DR, DG, DB, DA columns stand for? (A is always
= 255, so one can wonder what good it does.)

A = alpha (transparency)
DR, DG, DB, DA = dithered RGB,A.

If RGB = D(RGB), then the color is solid.  If DA=0, the color is transparent.
Otherwise, the color is dithered and/or translucent.

It should benifit from some more columns, like names and color-numbers for
Peeron and Bricklink. And, with permission from TLC, also LEGO.

Actually, that kind of information should be set up in a full-fledged (but small)
database.

Steve

   
         
   
Subject: 
Re: Questions On ldconfig.ldr (Was: colours.txt -> LDraw-org Official Part Updates!)
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Wed, 16 Jun 2004 02:16:01 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote:
It should benifit from some more columns, like names and color-numbers for
Peeron and Bricklink. And, with permission from TLC, also LEGO.

Actually, that kind of information should be set up in a full-fledged (but small)
database.

Steve

Yes, that's exactly what I'm suggesting. And the database should be text-based,
space-delimited, available offline to all softwares that may need the info - and
udpated regulary. In other words: in the new, improved ldconfig.ldr! :)


/Tore

   
         
   
Subject: 
Re: LDraw color conversions
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Date: 
Wed, 16 Jun 2004 06:05:28 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson wrote:
It should benifit from some more columns, like names and color-numbers for
Peeron and Bricklink. And, with permission from TLC, also LEGO.

Yes, that's exactly what I'm suggesting. And the database should be text-based,
space-delimited, available offline to all softwares that may need the info - and
udpated regulary. In other words: in the new, improved ldconfig.ldr! :)


/Tore

Tore,
Is this the kind of output you are looking for?
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/ClarkCorner/Vintage/ColorTree/ColorCompare/ldconfig.csv
(that link will probably wrap)

That's just some of the info from my Color Tree pages:
http://isodomos.com/VPH/Color

Let me know what you need, or how you need it presented. I'd be glad to help in
any way I can.

HTH,
Clark

 

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