colorname is both a plugin for The Gimp as well as a standalone tool that tries to assign a name to a color, using external color definitions and linear algebra.
For this it calculates the euclidean distance between the currently selected color and all predefined colors, either in the RGB or HSV color space.
This project is licensed under the GPLv3.
Usage:
Standalone
Just start colorname.py
Gimp plugin
Once installed you can find colorname in the GIMP under: ”< Toolbox >/Xtns/Colorname”
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Requirements:
· Python
· PyGTK
· The Gimp
· gimp-python
· GNOME
· python-gnome