How to import a color palette into GIMP

Color Scheme Designer is a free online application for creating color schemes with little effort. The resulting color schemes can be exported in several different ways, including a simple text list, but if you use GIMP you can export it in GPL palette format.

There are several steps to translate exported color scheme into a fully stock GIMP format and then import into GIMP, but the following steps will show you the process.

Creating and exporting a GPL color palette

Before you can import a color palette into GIMP, you’ll need it. There are many ways to get the GPL color palette, but using the web generator is probably the easiest.

Open a browser and go to palette . Paletton is a user-friendly website that allows you to create your own color palettes with a set of powerful tools and color swatches. You can also use it to export to various formats.
Once you’re there, use the tools to create your color palette.
When you’re ready, choose Tables / Export in the lower right corner of the main Paletton table.
Paletton will open a new modal window with your colors displayed in a grid. Right select Color samples . Then select like GPL (Gimp) .
A new tab will open in your browser with a simple text file. This is your GIMP palette. Select and copy everything on the tab.
Back on your computer, create a new text file anywhere. Paste the palette into it and save the file with expansion .gpl .

Import a Palette into GIMP

Now that you’ve created and customized the GIMP .gpl color palette, you can easily import the color palette to start working with it.

If you haven’t already, open GIMP.
From the top menu select » Windows > Dockable Dialogs > Palettes to open the Palette Options in GIMP.
Now right click in dialog box » Palettes ‘ and select ‘ Import Palette…” in the menu that appears.
GIMP will open a new window for you to control your imports. Select palette file .
Click anywhere in the field next to palette file, to open the file browser. Find and discover your file .gpl .
Your file will be uploaded to window import . Adjust any other options and click » Import» at the bottom.
You should now see the new palette in the dialog list.