Color Palette Creation?

[Christine Farrelly]

Don't forget XPAL http://www.smokingun.co.uk/index/downloads a colour palette generator that creates format that can be imported into Xara.

[haakoo]

If the colors and subsequently brushes and the like would be a library saved with each xar file it would make each single xar file enormous.
My personal way is to create a xar file(s) with my colors,brushes and even OCC shapes and save these as some sort of library file.
Use the following option in the Utilities>Options>Backups: "Backup open files on program close and restore on program start"
Now I can get the colors,brushes,... to be used (semi)globally by selecting them in their designated galleries.

[Boy]

My option is to create a folder -- I named mine 'Xara Colors' -- for .xar color files (such as Gary's) and import it into the Local Designs gallery (click 'Disc designs....', browse to the folder, and click 'Add' or 'Update' if you have added a new file to ).

If you want to import a color palette (such as the .pal file suggested by Christine), place the file in 'C:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X\15' or similar location depending on the app and version number. You will have to restart the program for the palette to show in the Color Gallery.

[Christine Farrelly]

here is a link to some free colour palettes. These are ACO format but work the same as PAL.

http://justjaimee.com/49-free-new-ph...lour-swatches/

[handrawn]

place the file in 'C:\Program Files\Xara\Xara Designer Pro X\15' or similar location depending on the app and version number...

in the Palettes folder at this location [or it's equivalent] I think, not at that precise location itself

[Acorn]

Xara are mostly already at a solution to this.

It uses .xar files with a specific filename format to apply Colour Schemes.
I believe that you can save a XAR file with Theme Colors 1 to 5, possibly Text & Website backdrop as well. Then rename the file to anything_themecolorschemenn.xar.
If this file is dropped on top of your design, the Theme Colors are updated to the new colour scheme; the actual design page contents are ignored.

I have not checked it other than renaming Gary's Palette file to gp_themecolorscheme88 and it seems to add the Named Colours correctly to the Colour gallery and the Colour Bar.

I am sure this is what jclements (OP) was implying but it might have been overlooked.

Acorn

[Boy]

Great find, Acorn! I just renamed all my .xar files with color palettes (in whatever form) and all respective named colors show in the color bar when I drag and drop them onto my document. And without the contents that these files where made of (drawings, color wheels, gradients.)