New Colours Format

= Suggestions for a new colours format =

Colour spaces
RGB

CMYK

L*a*b

Features
Name

Description

Copyright

Spot

= Overview of existing formats = Informations included in some other colour formats.

CGATS.17
ANSI Standard used by QuarkXPress 7


 * Originator
 * File descriptor
 * Created


 * Manufacturer
 * Comment


 * Name format
 * Library identifier
 * Default color space
 * Color usage recommendation


 * Data format


 * Data

information

Adobe Color Book (.acb)
Used by InDesign and Photoshop


 * File Version
 * Color Book Identifier
 * Color Book Title
 * Color Name Prefix
 * Color Name Postfix
 * Color Book Description
 * Color Count
 * Colors per Page
 * Page Selector Offset
 * Color Space Identifier
 * Color Type (Spot/Process)

For each colour
 * Name
 * Code
 * Values (depending of the Color Space)

more info

ASCII (and Binary) Color File (.acf .bcf)
Used by Freehand and PageMaker


 * Library Name
 * Library Version
 * Copyright
 * About Message
 * Names (Full/Partial/None)
 * Rows
 * Columns
 * Number of entries
 * Prefix
 * Suffix
 * Type (Spot/Process/Mixed/hifi)
 * Models (CMYK/RGB/hifi/Spot/Lab)
 * Preferred Model
 * (Hi Fidelity inks description)

For each colour
 * (Lab or XYZ values)
 * CMYK values
 * RGB values
 * (Special inks values)
 * Type
 * Model
 * Name

some more info

Adobe Colors (.aco)
Used by Photoshop

old official info

newer unofficial info

Corel Palette (.cpl)
Used by CorelDRAW

(incomplete)
 * Name
 * Color count

For each colour
 * (Ordering number)
 * Color space
 * Color name encoding
 * Values (depending of the Color Space)
 * Name