Color Palettes in Scribus (4): dtp studio Colors

The following color palettes have been donated by dtp studio Oldenburg, a company that is specialized in color measurement and color related software products, among them Digital Colour Atlas, a software that contains many more palettes for use with Scribus, as well as additional useful features, such as color calculations for hundreds of color systems and all relevant color models.

What makes these palettes particularly valuable is the fact that the original colors have been meticulously measured by dtp studio’s engineers. From the measured color values the engineers created five palettes for every color set, each with a different output target, hence the existence of five files for each set. These targets are:

  1. sRGB – ICC profile: sRGB. Files with bs00 in their name.
  2. AppleRGB – ICC profile: AppleRGB. Files with bs01 in their name.
  3. Coated Paper – ICC profile: ISOcoated_v2_eci.ICC (ECI). Files with kd01 in their name.
  4. Uncoated Paper – ICC profile: ISOuncoated.ICC (ECI). Files with np01 in their name.
  5. Newspaper Print – ICC profile: ISOnewspaper26v4.ICC (IFRA). Files with zd01 in their name.

In case you wonder what the abbreviations mean, remember that the palette files have been created by a German company. “bs” is an abbreviation for “Bildschirm” (monitor, screen); “kd” means “Kunstdruck” (printing on coated paper); “np” stands either for “Naturpapier” or “Normalpapier” (uncoated paper); “zd” is a short for “Zeitungsdruck” (newspaper printing). This naming scheme exists due to historical conventions, for which dtp studio bears no responsibility.

Note that you need to install the profiles listed above to use the colors reliably in four-color print workflows.

dtp studio has measured many more color systems and created palette sets, all of which can be bought online separately. For the future, the company has plans to support Scribus directly, but for the time being you can safely order EPS palettes and install them as “system” or “locked palettes” according to the general instructions.

If you need a physical color reference for printing purposes, you can also acquire a printed CMYK Book that covers the whole range of color systems measured by dtp studio, not just the small selection included in Scribus and described below.


The HKS K equivalent J+S K for newspaper print from dtp studio in the Scribus Color Manager

dtp studio Palettes Shipped with Scribus

Name

Color Vendor

Description

Number of Colors

Color Model

Spot

Alligator Collection 3000

www.alligator.de

Color type: Paint; Vendor color reference: Alligator Collection 3000
This file may be outdated. Please check palettes.de for an update.

208

CMYK

Yes

Alligator Collection 4000

www.alligator.de

Color type: Paint; Vendor color reference: Alligator Collection 4000
This file may be outdated. Please check palettes.de for an update.

121

CMYK

Yes

BannerRite

H. BRUNNER GmbH

Color type: Polyester fabric; Vendor color reference: BannerRite

9

CMYK

Yes

Baumann System Prase

Paul Baumann, Aue, Sachsen

Color type: n/a; Vendor color reference: n/a
“Baumanns Neue Farbtonkarte, System Prase” is an older color system, developed by the painter Otto Prase, which was published for the first time in 1912 by the Saxonian paint manufacturer Baumann. It includes the colors and their mixtures, along with a lot of information about color and chromatics. It serves as the foundation for many modern color systems.

1372

CMYK

Yes

Colortrend Wood Stains

Evonik Industries - Colortrend B.V.

Color type: Wood colorants; Vendor color reference: Colortrend Wood Stains

46

CMYK

Yes

DEUTSCHEpapier

Deutsche Papier Vertriebs GmbH

Color type: Paper color; Vendor color references: Trendcolor, Colorline, Paradiso

65

CMYK

Yes

DRAKA POLYA

Color type: n/a; Vendor color reference: n/a

71

CMYK

Yes

GS Palette 141 Kunstdruck

Druckfarbenfabrik Gebr. Schmidt GmbH

Color type: Ink, Vendor color reference: n/a

450

CMYK

Yes

GS Palette 141 Naturpapier

Druckfarbenfabrik Gebr. Schmidt GmbH

Color type: Ink, Vendor color reference: n/a

150

CMYK

Yes

Heidelberger ip Oberputze

HeidelbergCement AG

Color type: Plaster; Vendor color reference: ip upper plaster

130

CMYK

Yes

ispo 840

Ispo Putz- u. Farbenwerk GmbH & Co. KG

Color type: Paint; Vendor color reference: ispo 840

840

CMYK

Yes

ispo 2001

Ispo Putz- u. Farbenwerk GmbH & Co. KG

Color type: Paint; Vendor color reference: ispo 2001

400

CMYK

Yes

J&S K

Jänecke+Schneemann Druckfarben GmbH

Color type: Ink; Vendor color reference: J+S Coated Paper
Note: The colors in this palette are identical to HKS K, the major difference being a leading zero to every number. Example: “J+S K 010 K” is the equivalent of “HKS K 1K”. Additional J+S colors not present in the HKS palette can be identified by a trailing “1”, e.g. “J+S K 121 K”.)
If you need other variants of the HKS color set (e.g. HKS N), but can’t find them on the HKS website, you can check whether palettes.de provides either the J+S equivalents, or you may consider acquiring the Digital Colour Atlas.

98

CMYK

Yes

kera Colour Line

Color type: n/a; Vendor color reference: n/a

190

CMYK

Yes

KOBRA

Spraytec Group

Color type: Paint; Vendor color reference: KOBRA

52

CMYK

Yes

Koessinger Keramik-Druck

Kössinger AG

Color type: Ceramic printing inks; Vendor color reference: Koessinger Keramik-Druck

72

CMYK

Yes

Oracal 451

ORAFOL-Klebetechnik GmbH

Color type: Foils; Vendor color reference: Oracal Series 451

19

CMYK

Yes

Oracal 6510

ORAFOL-Klebetechnik GmbH

Color type: Foils; Vendor color reference: Oracal Series 6510

7

CMYK

Yes

OSMO Einmallasur

Osmo Holz und Color GmbH & Co.KG

Color type: One-way varnish; Vendor color reference: n/a

14

CMYK

Yes

PRB Color

PRB

Color type: Paint; Vendor color reference: n/a

45

CMYK

Yes

Sericol UCG Leuchtfarben

Fujifilm Sericol Deutschland GmbH

Color type: Fluorescent inks and tinters; Vendor color reference: Universal Colour Guide

10

CMYK

Yes

Sericol UCG MatchingSystems

Fujifilm Sericol Deutschland GmbH

Color type: Seritone Matching System; Vendor color reference: Universal Colour Guide

10

CMYK

Yes

swedex

SWEDEX

Color type: Cardboard binding; Vendor color reference: Master-bind

41

CMYK

Yes

TAG Farbe erleben

Color type: n/a; Vendor color reference: n/a

160

CMYK

Yes