Interface colors explained?

[Soom]

I am trying to change some interface colors, but frankly I cannot understand anything in this palette - the names do not represent anything I can really connect to an element on the interface. Didn't find an explanation in the help file either. Can somebody please translate it?
Thanks

[neonnoodle]

Yes, please, I would also like a visual breakdown of what the interface sections are. When I go to change the interface colors I'm mostly guessing...

[Lukas]

+1

The current names are very hard to understand.

[Joost]

+1

[Paul Fierlinger]

When I worked out my choice of colors and shades I used a workaround to negotiate the unchartered TVP color scheme; I first made a temporary color scheme using garish, contrasting colors to all the weird labels and then defined them by replacing the loud colors with my own better choices, one at a time (or three or four or whatever they might come to at a time) by using the "Apply" and "Reset" buttons at the bottom of the "Color" tab. Having started with impossibly garish colors helped instantly spot the ones I was replacing these with. Try it; it's fun.

[Soom]

When I worked out my choice of colors and shades I used a workaround to negotiate the unchartered TVP color scheme; I first made a temporary color scheme using garish, contrasting colors to all the weird labels and then defined them by replacing the loud colors with my own better choices, one at a time (or three or four or whatever they might come to at a time) by using the "Apply" and "Reset" buttons at the bottom of the "Color" tab. Having started with impossibly garish colors helped instantly spot the ones I was replacing these with. Try it; it's fun.

Haha - sounds like one hour of my work-time - hope my project manager will understand

[Paul Fierlinger]

One hour easily, but the rise of productivity resulting from the exertion will richly make up for any time lost.

[Lukas]

Sounds like 1 simple visual breakdown would save a lot of users 1 hour of tedious work.

[Paul Fierlinger]

Maybe you could volunteer. All it needs is to go one item at a time, giving it a bright red color and see which parts light up, make a screen print of the situation, and go on to the next one. Here and there you'll get some surprises, such as when you open hidden panels, such as key commands or the FX stack. Something for one of your interns to do on a rainy day.

[Fabrice]

yep, we are aware there is still so work to do on this.
but we can't improve everything at the same time.

[Lukas]

Our interns have plenty of work for rainy days (today alas!)

I'll voluntary share my interface settings though, for anyone who likes their colors matched to the OS X interface.

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[SysColors]
mlight=0
mgadgetslider=226 226 226 255
mgadgetelementdefault=217 217 217 255
mreqoutlineinlight=255 255 255 255
mgadgettabstextselected=0 0 0 255
mreqoutlineout=0 0 0 255
mgadgetcustom=237 237 237 255
mflat=0
mgadgetborder=0 0 0 255
mgadgetdefaultselected=226 226 226 255
mgadgettabs=217 217 217 255
mreqoutlineindark=189 188 189 255
mgadgettextselectable=0 0 0 255
mgadgetstat=226 226 226 255
mgadgetdrag=226 226 226 255
mreqbackground=217 217 217 255
mgadgetcustomselected=255 255 128 255
mgadgettabsselected=200 200 200 255
mgadgetaction=226 226 226 255
mgadgetseparatordark=0 0 0 255
mgadgettextbackground=255 255 255 255
mgadgetdefault=226 226 226 255
mgadgetactionselected=226 226 226 255
mgadgetelementcurrent=250 250 221 255
mreqtitle=0 0 0 255
mmenushortcut=255 255 255 255
mgadgetseparatorlight=255 255 255 255
mgadgetstatselected=255 255 128 255
mgadgetdialogselected=255 255 255 255
mname=TVPaint Animation 9
mdocumentbackground=186 186 186 255
mdesktopbackground=217 217 217 255
mgadgetdefaultinvert=226 226 226 255
mgadgetdragselected=226 226 226 255
mgadgetsliderselected=226 226 226 255
mgadgettextinside=0 0 0 255
mmirror=0
mgadgettabstext=0 0 0 255
mgadgetelementbehavior=108 108 108 255
mborder=0
mgadgettextbackground2=226 226 226 255
mreqsystem1=226 226 226 255
mreqdragbarselected=226 226 226 255
mreqsystem2=226 226 226 255
mgadgettextoutside=0 0 0 255
mreqdragbar=226 226 226 255
mgadgetdialog=226 226 226 255

[Soom]

Our interns have plenty of work for rainy days (today alas!)
I'll voluntary share my interface settings though, for anyone who likes their colors matched to the OS X interface.

how do I use this?

[Elodie]

Lukas, you should better export your color scheme, if you want to share your interface. =)

[Lukas]

The forum didn't let me attach a *.ini file, so I pasted to code instead You can paste it in a text editor and save a .ini to import it.

Here it is in a zip

(edit: removed attachment, see next post)

[Soom]

The forum didn't let me attach a *.ini file, so I pasted to code instead You can paste it in a text editor and save a .ini to import it.

Here it is in a zip

Thanks
I like it!