rdgracer71 wrote:
i'm in the process of making my own palette. i'm taking real photos of nature and using gimp to pull colors from them to make my palette.
This is a good idea. I would just point out that is possible to have GIMP automatically create a palette from the colors in an image (or at least a subset of them).
First open your Palette Dialog (if it is not already open) using "Windows->Dockable Dialogs->Palettes".
Next choose the "Import palette..." command from the Palette menu (accessible by clicking on the triangle-in-a-box button in the upper-right corner of the dialog).
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In the Import Palette dialog that appears, specify the image from which you want the colors taken as your Source and any other options available (palette name, number of colors, etc).
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Of course, you sacrifice much of the control you have with selecting the colors manually.