Color Converter

Color Converter
copyright©2007-2010
by Mark Schonewille
and Economy-x-Talk
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
http://www.colorconverter.com



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Installation

To install Color Converter on Mac OS X, double-click the dmg file, which you downloaded from the homepage, to mount the disk image on the desktop. Drag the Color Converter application symbol into the applocations folder or any other location.

On the Windows PC, uncompress the zip file with your favorite compression tool. Drag the Color Converter application icon into the applications folder or to any other location.

On Linux, uncompress the zip file with your favorite compression tool. Drag the Color Convert application into your Home folder or, if there is one, into the Applications folder of the Home folder, or any other suitable location.

On Mac OS 9, uncompress the sit file with StuffIt Expander and drag the Color Converter application into the Applications folder (this Folder may be called "Applications (Mac OS 9)").


Color Converter 2.0 palette in Mac OS X
Quick Start

To start using Color Converter, double-click the Color Convert application icon and wait until you see the small Color Converter palette.

The Color Converter palette contains a menu and an editable field. Choose the base colour format, which you want to convert into other formats, from the menu. Enter the colour code in the editable field. Press enter or return and the corresponding colour codes for the other formats appear in the lower part of the window.

The following colour code formats can be used.

Format Example
CMYK 58,0,42,2
H.Lab 86,-55,33
HEX 6AFB92
HTML #6AFB92
HSV 137,58,98
RAL 6034
RGB 106,251,146
XYZ 46,74,39
X11 Colour Names SeaGreen1

If a colour code has been entered that doesn't match the selected format, you will hear a beep and all non-editable fields are cleared.


Color Converter 2.0 palette in
Windows XP, with menubar on top



As of version 1.2, Color Converter is able to convert colour values from and to all available colour spaces, including RAL. The built-in conversion algorithm will search for a RAL colour acceptably close to the actual colour. However, the conversion of any colour space to RAL is only an approximation of the actual colour. If your RGB value corresponds to very dark green, you might get an equally dark brown RAL colour or a slightly different shade of green in return. Whenever you convert a colour value to its RAL equivalent, you need to manually check whether the result fits you expectations.

Additionally, Color Converter 1.3.1 (and later) displays a brightness value, based on the RGB value of the selected colour. This brightness value corresponds with contemporary computer screens.

If you need access to the Color Converter menu bar, you may have to click on the Color Converter icon in the dock to make the menu visible. On Windows, the menu bar is always available in the Color Converter window.

To quickly query a particular colour, select any mode except RAL in the option menu button and press the Color Picker button.

Send an e-mail to support, if you have any questions with regard to Color Converter.

Please note that colour codes produced by Color Converter may not correspond with colours produced by individual printing devices. Color Converter is meant to be used for on-screen electronic publishing rather than printing.


Color Converter 1.4 palette in Mac OS 9


New in Color Converter 2

Color Converter 2 was released in September 2009 and includes two new features. Colours can now be converted from and to X11 colour names and a colour histogram can be calculated from any screen area (primary screen only).



Click on the Color Names button on top of the screen to see the list of available colour names. The list is filtered with the text you enter. If you enter "white', only colour names containing "white" are listed.

Now click on a colour name in the list, for example "FloralWhite". The colour will be displayed on the colour picker button at the bottom of the window.

If you now click on the Convert button in the top of the window, you will see the RGB value for FloralWhite in the editable top field of the window, together with the corresponding values of the same colour in all other available colour spaces.



Click on the Histogram button on top of the window to see the colour histogram. The default histogram is shown in the picture above. Click on the Select button to make an analysis of a part of your computer screen. The cursor will change to a small cross, allowing you to drag across your screen.

Color Converter will now analyse the selected screen area and display the results. This may take one or two seconds.

Color Converter takes a sample of the selected picture and estimates how many pixels of the picture are within a particular area of the RGB colour space. The areas are all 1/8th of the total colour space, with in each area one out of eight dominating colours. The eight colours are white, red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, purple and black. If you think of the RGB colour space as a cube, you can consider each of the 8 areas within the RGB colour space as mini cubes inside the big cube.



Copyright©2007-2010 by Mark Schonewille, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Portions Copyright©2000-2009 Runtime Revolution Limited. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.