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🎨 Leak Technologies Palette Index

Version 1.0

Repository: /home/stu/Projects/Leak Technologies/Palette
Purpose: Unified colour system for all Leak Technologies projects — covering design, UI, broadcast, and in-game visual identity.

🧩 Structure Overview

Folder Description
core/ Foundational digital colour spaces — RGB, CMYK, and the Master unified palette.
creative/ Expressive palettes for artistic, branding, or experimental design.
functional/ Industrial, UI, and environment palettes for practical and consistent tone.
broadcast/ Colours drawn from broadcast design heritage — CRTs, Teletext, and studio graphics.
references/ Documentation and visual resources related to palette use and evolution.

🎨 Core Palettes

LT-Palette_RGB.gpl

  • Purpose: Foundational RGB system (screen-based colour reference).
  • Key Colours: Red #FF0000, Blue #0000FF, Yellow #FFFF00, Black #000000, White #FFFFFF
  • Usage: On-screen UI design, logo work, and baseline digital consistency.

LT-Palette_CMYK.gpl

  • Purpose: Print and physical design reference.
  • Key Colours: Cyan #00BFFF, Magenta #FF1E8E, Yellow #FFD400, Key #000000, Paper #FFFFFF
  • Usage: Poster art, merchandise, or hybrid digital-print projects.

LT-Palette_Master.gpl

  • Purpose: Centralized “grab-and-go” palette combining highlights from every other set.
  • Usage: Prototyping, mockups, and cross-project consistency.
  • Notes: This is the palette to load by default in GIMP or Inkscape when starting new work.

🎨 Creative Palettes

LT-Palette_Vibrant.gpl

  • Theme: Bold, saturated, and energetic — inspired by Saul Bass, Memphis style, and Designers Republic.
  • Usage: Branding, UI motion graphics, or any work requiring strong visual impact.

LT-Palette_SoftAnalog.gpl

  • Theme: Warm, tactile, and retro-futurist. Rose gold, creams, and pastel complements.
  • Usage: Human-centred design, print pieces, or to soften the industrial/technical look.
  • Influence: Mid-century industrial design (Braun, NASA interiors), early 80s analog tech.

⚙️ Functional Palettes

LT-Palette_Industrial.gpl

  • Theme: Federation Beige, steel, and graphite — a restrained technical palette.
  • Usage: Product mockups, UI frames, in-game machinery or HUD design.

LT-Palette_Utility.gpl

  • Theme: High-visibility safety colours and infrastructure greys.
  • Usage: Warnings, signage, indicators, accessibility cues, hazard zones.
  • Influence: Construction markings, emergency lighting, and industrial safety standards.

LT-Palette_HULL.gpl

  • Theme: Sci-fi industrial — teal steel, muted metals, and amber accents.
  • Usage: HULL project environments, Quake-era assets, and atmospheric sci-fi art.
  • Influence: Quake II colour tone mixed with MGS teal and industrial wear.

📺 Broadcast Palettes

LT-Palette_Broadcast.gpl

  • Theme: Teletext / Ceefax heritage — CRT phosphors, RGBYCM primaries, and warm signal greys.
  • Usage: Telefact, Catch Network, broadcast graphics, UI overlays, and CRT emulation.
  • Influence: BBC Ceefax, PAL test cards, studio lighting, and analog phosphor glow.

🧠 Design Philosophy

  • Function first: Every palette should balance readability, signal clarity, and human-friendly tone.
  • Retro-futurism: Embrace analog warmth within digital precision — fusing then and now.
  • Consistency across systems: Core RGB/CMYK provide interoperability between digital and print media.
  • Scalability: Each palette can evolve — colours may be added as new projects demand.

🗂️ Integration Tips

  • Load .gpl files into Inkscape or GIMP via Palettes → Import Palette → From File.
  • For Godot, export to .json or .tres using the same colour data (optional script can be added later).
  • For print, reference CMYK palette directly or export from GIMP to .ase (Adobe Swatch Exchange).

🔖 Versioning Notes

  • Commit updates to palettes using semantic tags:
    • vX.Y for new palettes or major revisions
    • vX.Y.Z for small adjustments or tone corrections
  • All palettes should remain human-readable .gpl files with consistent naming:
    LT-Palette_<Name>.gpl

🧭 Future Additions (Planned)

Palette Type Concept
RetroTech Creative Dark-mode sibling to Vibrant — neon-on-graphite aesthetic.
Broadcast-CatchNetwork Broadcast Warm amber + CRT grey version for Catch Network visual package.
SoftIndustrial Functional Bridge between HULL and SoftAnalog for modern retro interiors.