Virginia Blakelock 0 Report post Posted November 28, 2011 No one knows colors like Crayola - and they are a great resource for chart colors. The Wikipedia Crayola article here lists all 133 colors - along with their Red-Green-Blue (RGB) values. I used one of their specialty sets - the 16-color Crayola Metallic FX collection - to make a color lookup table. Below are the names and RGB values. Attached for downloading is a zipped .vc2 chart of this table which you can open in VCF. The top group is of the 16 base colors and in the second group are lighter shades of each color. Below that are some empty boxes for experimenting with your own colors or others from the Crayola page. If you want to reuse the empty boxes, select a group so all the boxes are highlighted and select the color white. To open Visual Chartform directly, navigate to the TMG program folder, rightclick on vcf.exe and Create Shortcut. To print this message, go to the Options button at the top right of this message and click on Print this topic. Instructions plus video for creating custom colors is here. The Crayola Metallic FX collection: Alloy Orange: 196, 98, 16 B'dazzled Blue: 46, 88, 148 Big Dip O'Ruby: 156, 37, 66 Bittersweet Shimmer: 191, 79,81 Blast Off Bronze: 165, 113, 100 Cyber Grape: 88, 66,124 Deep Space Sparkle: 74, 100, 108 Gold Fusion: 133, 117, 78 Illuminating Emerald: 49, 145, 119 Metallic Seaweed: 10, 126, 140 Metallic Sunburst: 156, 124, 56 Razzmic Berry: 141, 78, 133 Sheen Green: 143, 212, 0 Shimmering Blush: 217, 1134, 149 Sonic Silver: 117, 117, 117 Steel Blue: 0, 129, 171 Virginia CrayolaColors.zip Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virginia Blakelock 0 Report post Posted November 29, 2011 Note that for accents and reports you would need to create the Crayola or other colors in the TMG color lookup table. However, within VCF you can use the Crayola chart above as a paint bucket to color other charts. This is the 'palette' concept. Open the Crayola chart at the same time as the chart you wish to color. Go to the VCF menu Window and click on Tile to show the two charts. Now you can copy and paste color boxes from one chart to the other to transfer and 'paint' colors. After you have colored the chart you can delete the little color-transfer boxes. There is an example of the palette concept for coloring boxes in a screencast video here. In the video I have copied a rose-colored box to a blank chart and then used that box to color the chart. All of the VCF videos can be downloaded and viewed on your own computer. Virginia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RobinL 0 Report post Posted November 29, 2011 Virginia, Just be aware that the way those colours look on the screen will not necessarily print in the same hues. You need to calibrate your screen and printer to match the same colours. You can't do that with all screen or all printers. La Cie and Mac screens are some that you can calibrate. Nice idea but it may not give the expected result for some users. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virginia Blakelock 0 Report post Posted November 29, 2011 Robin - It is a given that colors look different on screen, as output from a laser or a deskjet, on different paper stock, and - most important - in the eye of the beholder. I don't think I would calibrate my screen or printer to match specific colors, but rather look at the colors on screen, print them out - and then adjust the color not the hardware. You have to start somewhere when creating a custom color - and Crayola has a broad range to work with and then be free to dismiss or modify to your own preferences - lighter, darker, brighter, grayer, etc. Virginia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chornung 0 Report post Posted November 29, 2011 Thanks for making this available, Virginia. Opens up a whole new world for me!! ~Carol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Virginia Blakelock 0 Report post Posted November 29, 2011 Thanks, Carol. With the ability in v8 to color accent our reports like FGS, etc. plus the color tag-type feature plus flag and chart and other accents, the TMG color world has really expanded and become a powerful tool. Custom colors can help pull it all together. Once you get the hang of it, it's easy and fun. There are hundreds of online resources for color schemes and themes; the Crayola site is handy because of the variety of colors along with their RGB values. The 16 colors here are just the tip of the iceberg on the Crayola Wikipedia page. Please ask if you have any questions. Virginia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
