Looking for the Chromacolour Digital Palettes (Series 100, 600, 1200)
Long shot, but I'm hoping someone in this community might be able to help with a preservation project.
Chromacolour (the UK-based animation supply company behind the cel paints used on films like *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*) sold three digital color palettes up until around 2012:
- **Series 100** — 600 colors
- **Series 600** — 600 colors
- **Series 1200** — 600 colors
1,800 colors in total, all based on their traditional cel paint range. They were sold as add-ons for **Crater Software's CTP Pro** and **Macromedia Flash**, and have since been removed from Chromacolour's web store entirely.
I'm working on reconstructing these palettes so the color data (hex/RGB values) can be preserved and used in modern paint and animation software. I've already:
- Reached out to Chromacolour directly requesting any surviving records
- Started a reference spreadsheet using their current acrylic paint range as a foundation
- Documented what's left of their surviving cel paint line (only \~17 colors still sold)
But ideally I'd love to find the original palette files themselves - even an old `.act`, `.clr`, or any other format would be a huge help.
**If you:**
- Still have a copy of these palette files from an old CTP Pro or Flash installation
- Have a physical Chromacolour color chart or fan deck from the era
- Worked at a studio that used Chromacolour paints and kept color call sheets
- Know anyone who might
...please drop a comment or send me a DM. Even partial information would be valuable. The goal is to make whatever we recover openly available so this piece of animation history doesn't disappear entirely.
Thanks in advance.