Affinity Designer | Color Panel: please show CMYK values when the Wheel color model is active

[dinosaura]

Hi everyone! I am an Italian user of Affinity Designer since its first releases, I use it for publishing illustrations. Now I am happily using v2. I would suggest an implementation of the Color Panel: when using the Wheel color model, you cannot check the color values (or percentages). Could the color panel show CMYK values when the Wheel color model is active? See the two pictures I'm sending you to understand what I mean.

Thanks in advance,

best,

Elisa

[GRAFKOM]

The picture I present - this is my proposal from 2017, i.e. 6 years ago.
From this, only 1 thing has been done - the Hex code has been added to the Color panel. At this rate, maybe in the next 6 years what you ask for and me too will be added, there are already two people.
I would like it to be possible in the pop-up menu of the Color panel to select whether you want the CMYK and RGB values to be displayed in the Color panel.

 

[Pšenda]

21 hours ago, dinosaura said:

when using the Wheel color model, you cannot check the color values (or percentages)

Why should the color be "checked" when entering a color using the wheel? If you need to enter a color that corresponds to some CMYK values (percentages), it is better to enter them directly (CMYK slider).

[GRAFKOM]

47 minutes ago, Pšenda said:

If you need to enter a color that corresponds to some CMYK values (percentages), it is better to enter them directly (CMYK slider).

I don't want to input color values.
I just want these CMYK or RGB values to be displayed in the Color panel by the color wheel. Just like now, the HSL value is displayed.

If Document Color is CMYK then CMYK and HSL value may be displayed, if Document Color is RGB then RGB and HSL value may be displayed.
This helps a lot when keeping an eye on colors when designing print or designing for the web.

[Pšenda]

You may not have noticed, but the question was asked on the OP.

[GRAFKOM]

If the Whel option is selected in the Color panel, the Show CMYK value and Show RGB value options are also shown after clicking on the hamburger menu.

After clicking on the Show CMYK value line, the CMYK values of the selected color are displayed in the Color panel.

Cool.

 

 

 

[dinosaura]

15 hours ago, Pšenda said:

Why should the color be "checked" when entering a color using the wheel? If you need to enter a color that corresponds to some CMYK values (percentages), it is better to enter them directly (CMYK slider).

Hello. Switching from one color to another via the Wheel mode is much faster than having to set individual CMYK values. But, working for publishing, it's important for me to control at the same time the percentage of color I'm going to print.

[tudor]

There is a workaround for this issue: apply colors using the color wheel in the Context Toolbar, while watching the CMYK values from the Color panel.

 

 

[GRAFKOM]

50 minutes ago, tudor said:

There is a workaround for this issue: apply colors using the color wheel in the Context Toolbar, while watching the CMYK values from the Color panel.

Yes, of course you can, but it's just a workaround.
You can also call the Color Chooser window and have a real-time preview of the CMYK, RGB, HSL and HEX color values.
But this window takes up a lot of space.
However, putting these values in the Color panel is elegant. All you have to do is copy the data from the Color Chooser window and insert it into the Color panel. and it would be great.

[GRAFKOM]

Just for comparison, a screenshot from CorelDraw. At the bottom of the screen, the bar always shows the values of the fill color and outline of the selected object.

[dinosaura]

2 hours ago, tudor said:

There is a workaround for this issue: apply colors using the color wheel in the Context Toolbar, while watching the CMYK values from the Color panel

Thanks Tudor, definitely a good solution. My request for developers remains valid (I don't think it's such a complex request in terms of code), but in the meantime thanks for the tip! 👍

[dinosaura]

1 hour ago, GRAFKOM said:

Yes, of course you can, but it's just a workaround.
You can also call the Color Chooser window and have a real-time preview of the CMYK, RGB, HSL and HEX color values.
But this window takes up a lot of space.

If that Color Chooser panel could be reduced or docked it would be done!

[Old Bruce]

30 minutes ago, dinosaura said:

If that Color Chooser panel could be reduced or docked it would be done!

Just set the Colour Chooser Panel to HSL Wheel. As far as it being too large I always remember the saying "If less is more, imagine how much more more would be."

[dinosaura]

Thanks to all your tips, this is my new interface! 😃