Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 51819
Color names mismatch in color table
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:38:05 UTC
How to reproduce 1. Open OpenOffice.org Calc. 2. Expand 'Background Color' toolbar button. 3. Select 'Brown' (7th color at the 1st row). 4. Confirm the backgournd color is not brown. The same issue also applies to other OO.o applications. (BTW, I found this issue with OO.o 1.9.113 but I could not find the version from above selection list.)
While I was creating OO.o color listing ( http://oooko.net/gomme/wp-content/uploads/ooo_color_table.pdf ) to research Korean translation, I found another issue in color table. The colors from 2nd to 6th (Blue, Green, Turguoise, Red, Magenta) seem to be _dark_ colors. Considering frequency of colors being used, it would be better to change the color itself than to change names. (Let me change the summary of this issue to more general one.)
reassigned to cgu mci -> cgu: Please have a look ;)
Changing summary from 'The brown color in color table seems to be incorrect' to 'Color names mismatch in color table'. The following changes seem to be necessary on color names. Blue -> Dark blue Green -> Dark green Turquoise -> Dark turquoise Red -> Dark red Magenta -> Dark magenta Brown -> _Dark yellow_
I think this is an enhancement and not a defect.
Hi cgu, I agree that my suggestions are enhancements except the one for brown. The brown is obviously incorrect.
Created attachment 28018 [details] Screenshot of color selection UI in writer and impress
Hi, Considering color selection UI in impress, I belive this issue should be handled as 'defect'. Please see the attached screenshot. The UI in writer displays colors as main information and shows its name as auxiliary one. In contrast to this, the UI in impress has more importance in color names. This UI seems to lead users to choose color _by its name_. Thus, I belive that those mismatched color names really confuse users.
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