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Subject: Re: [geda-user] extra mask, plating, and silk colours in pcb
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On Mon, 28 May 2012 16:43:38 -0500
Benjamin Bergman <ben AT benbergman DOT ca> wrote:

> Thanks for the kind words, Andrew. I was on the gEDA IRC channel
> while writing this and some of my decisions came from discussions
> there.
> 
>    1. We decided that, based on the weird math and the amount of
> tweaking of colour values required, using pre-programmed values
> seemed like the best option. However, I would like to add an
> extra 'hex' option that allows the user to use their own values.

A GTK+ color chooser would be ideal, which includes support for hex
color input, plus a good GUI.  Always better than plain hex input
only.

But, if this can't be done for solder mask and you have to
hard-code colors, at least support:

- green (standard)
- red (oh-so-awesome)
- dark purple (Laen PCB order official color!)
- white (white soldermask for boards w/ black silk)
- black

Regards,
Colin