Border Average and Gimp Palettes
I got the idea for this brief tutorial from a thread about Using Border Average For Text.
- Open any image in Gimp.
- If the image border area has limited color, make a selection of the area with the most color concentration before you run Border Average.
- Go to the Image window menu + Info, select Border Average.
- Adjust the Border Size: Thickness (in pixels).
- Adjust the Number of Colors: Bucket Size (see Gimp help), OK.
- Your foreground color will now be the Border Average result.
- Select the foreground color, in the Color Selection dialog take note of the HTML notation.
- Go to the Color Scheme Designer web site. The new version of Color Scheme Designer does not export Gimp palettes.
- At the bottom of the browser window, select RGB.
- In the pop-up window, insert the HTML notation from step 6, OK.
- At the top of the browser window, compare the Color Models, mono, complement, triad, tetrad, analogic or accented analogic.
- At the top right side of the browser window, select Export, GPL (Gimp palette). This will open up a new browser window with palette code related to the selected Color Model.
- Copy and paste this code into a text editor, save the file with a .gpl file extension.
- The format of the Color Scheme Designer generated palette code must be in the following order.
- GIMP Palette
- Name: (pick a name)
- Columns: 4
- #
- Color codes list…
- #
- Copy your new .gpl file to your personal Gimp palette folder.
- Refresh the Gimp palettes menu and your good to go!
Alternatives for building Gimp palettes, Creating color schemes with Gpick.
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