https://github.com/atsuyaw/naturecolorpalette

Nature color palette optimized for color-blind individuals
https://github.com/atsuyaw/naturecolorpalette

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Nature color palette optimized for color-blind individuals

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/atsuyaw/naturecolorpalette
• Owner: atsuyaw
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-04-19T23:40:27.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-08-13T08:41:44.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-30T00:15:30.679Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: color, color-design, color-palette, color-palettes, color-scheme, colorpalette, gimp, inkscape, microsoft-excel, microsoft-office, microsoft-powerpoint, microsoft-word, nature, palette, powerpoint, publication, universal-design
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• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Nature Color Palette

![MIT license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/atsuyaw/NatureColorPalette)  

![Microsoft Office](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Microsoft_Office-D83B01.svg?style=flat&logo=MicrosoftOffice) ![Word](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Word-2B579A.svg?style=flat&logo=MicrosoftWord) ![Excel](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Excel-217346.svg?style=flat&logo=MicrosoftExcel) ![PowerPoint](https://img.shields.io/badge/-PowerPoint-B7472A.svg?style=flat&logo=MicrosoftPowerPoint)  

![GIMP](https://img.shields.io/badge/-GIMP-5C5543.svg?style=flat&logo=GIMP) ![Inkscape](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Inkscape-000.svg?style=flat&logo=Inkscape)

Microsoft Office and Inkscape/GIMP color palette optimized for color-blind individuals

![image](./ghMat/banner.png)

## What's this?

Many academic journals request to use colors in artworks with consideration for color-blindness.

Some nature journals recommend in the author guide to use color optimized for color-blind individuals

This color palette is a GIMP/Inkscape color palette based on it.

### This palette contains...

![palette](./ghMat/OpeOnInkscape.png)

### The original material is...

* Wong, B. Points of view: Color blindness. Nat Methods 8, 441 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1618

## Installation

Place `NatureColorPalette.gpl` at the palettes folder.

### For MS Office in Windows10

1. Download the newest version in [release page](https://github.com/atsuyaw/NatureColorPalette/releases) and find out  `NatureColorPalette.xml`.

1. Place the `*.xml` file into `%AppData%\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Document Themes\Theme Colors`

1. Launch MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint and apply `Nature` color theme.

1. You can use the color palette:  

![palette](./ghMat/OpeOnPpt.png)

### For Inkscape in Linux

```

cd ~/.config/inkscape/palettes

git clone https://github.com/atsuyaw/NatureColorPalette

```

### For Inkscape in Windows10

1. Download the newest version in [release page](https://github.com/atsuyaw/NatureColorPalette/releases) and find out  `NatureColorPalette.gpl`.

1. Place the `*.gpl` file into `%ProgramFiles%\Inkscape\share\inkscape\palettes`.

1. Launch Inkscape and click `[View]` / `[Swatches...]` on the menu bar.

1. You can choose `Nature` and use it.