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:
bs00
in their name.bs01
in their name.kd01
in their name.np01
in their name.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.
Name |
Color Vendor |
Description |
Number of Colors |
Color Model |
Spot |
Alligator Collection 3000 |
Color type: Paint; Vendor color reference: Alligator Collection 3000 |
208 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
Alligator Collection 4000 |
Color type: Paint; Vendor color reference: Alligator Collection 4000 |
121 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
BannerRite |
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 |
1372 |
CMYK |
Yes |
Colortrend Wood Stains |
Color type: Wood colorants; Vendor color reference: Colortrend Wood Stains |
46 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
DEUTSCHEpapier |
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 |
Color type: Ink, Vendor color reference: n/a |
450 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
GS Palette 141 Naturpapier |
Color type: Ink, Vendor color reference: n/a |
150 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
Heidelberger ip Oberputze |
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 |
Color type: Ink; Vendor color reference: J+S Coated Paper |
98 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
kera Colour Line |
Color type: n/a; Vendor color reference: n/a |
190 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
KOBRA |
Color type: Paint; Vendor color reference: KOBRA |
52 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
Koessinger Keramik-Druck |
Color type: Ceramic printing inks; Vendor color reference: Koessinger Keramik-Druck |
72 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
Oracal 451 |
Color type: Foils; Vendor color reference: Oracal Series 451 |
19 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
Oracal 6510 |
Color type: Foils; Vendor color reference: Oracal Series 6510 |
7 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
OSMO Einmallasur |
Color type: One-way varnish; Vendor color reference: n/a |
14 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
PRB Color |
Color type: Paint; Vendor color reference: n/a |
45 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
Sericol UCG Leuchtfarben |
Color type: Fluorescent inks and tinters; Vendor color reference: Universal Colour Guide |
10 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
Sericol UCG MatchingSystems |
Color type: Seritone Matching System; Vendor color reference: Universal Colour Guide |
10 |
CMYK |
Yes |
|
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 |