color_tools.importers.riffpal_importer

RIFF PAL palette importer.

Imports RIFF PAL binary palette files into PaletteExportData.

RIFF PAL format structure:

RIFF <file size> PAL data <chunk size> <LOGPALETTE data>

The LOGPALETTE payload inside the data chunk is:

WORD palVersion WORD palNumEntries PALETTEENTRY[palNumEntries]

Each PALETTEENTRY is:

BYTE peRed BYTE peGreen BYTE peBlue BYTE peFlags

The format does not contain color names or palette-level metadata, so imported colors use their hexadecimal value as the ColorRecord name.

class color_tools.importers.riffpal_importer.RiffPalImporter[source]

Import RIFF PAL (.pal) palette files.

RIFF PAL is a binary RIFF container whose form type is PAL `` and whose palette data is stored in a ``data chunk.

The .pal extension is shared with JASC PAL, so this importer detects its format by checking the RIFF and PAL signatures.

property metadata: ImporterMetadata: Return metadata describing the RIFF PAL importer.