Is there a way to give a surface an exact CMYK or Pantone color?
In the color basic table which is opened - there is only RGB colors…
Thanks
Rachel
Hi Rachel - if you know the rgb equivalent, of course, you can set that. But you can also customize the color list -
To define your own color palette, customize the colors_.txt file in the Rhino support folder.
If the colors_.txt file contains more than one color definition, the internal color list is replaced with the colors extracted from this file.
The “;” or “//” characters can be used as comments either at the beginning of a line or after the color definition.
MyColorName1,105,105,105
MyColorName2,0,0,0
MyColorName3,255,60,0
( support folder for the US: "C:\Users\USER_NAMME\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\5.0\Localization\en-US\Support)
-Pascal
Thank you very much, I will try your advise.
And what if I need Pantone Color, or Gradient color? Is that possible?
Thanks a lot
Rachel
Hi Rachel - gradient colors are not supported in Colors, but you can make a gradient procedural texture directly in Rhino and use that in a material. Things like Pantone colors you’ll need to convert yourself and add to the Colors file - we do not provide any specific palettes.
-Pascal
Hi Pascal
OK. Thank you soo much !!
For the moment I have tried with no success to find the support file…
May be the really simplest way is as you suggested to customize the equivalent RGB.
Thanks
Rachel
Hi Rachel - you can get there in Windows Explorer by typing %AppData%
in the address bar and Enter - that should get you to
C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming (Your username in there of course)
from there you’ll see McNeel, then Rhinoceros, etc.
any luck?
-Pascal
YEHHHH. Succeeded to find the support file, but I don’t really understand what to do there…
So, you open the file in a text editor like NotePad, then add or modify the entries in the format
ColorName r,g,b
for example:
Pantone1485 255,183,119
Save the text file, reopen Rhino and these should appear in the colors list.
http://goffgrafix.com/pantone-rgb-100.php
-Pascal
Hi Pascal
WOW !! what a good website for converting the colors…
I have tried everything.
YOUR HELP IS WONDERFUL !!!
I really appreciate the help that you always give in this forum,
It is not obvious to always get so fast and professional advise for any question which arise.
It gives a feeling of a “Rhino Family”
THank you soooo much for today and for always
Rachel