Colors!

Colors! sources in activities/colors .xo Bundle – Colors!.xo Pootle — POT Wade Brainerd, Jens Andersson, Robert Anderberg

Colors!

Colors is a simple natural media painting activity for the XO laptop.

Rather than constructing images from geometric shapes, the user is encouraged to keep painting on their work until it looks right, starting with rough strokes and then adding extra details.

The activity features soft brushes, collaborative painting, the ability to watch tutorial paintings as they are painted, and a variety of input methods including "video paint" using the webcam.

Here is a link to the homebrew DS version: http://www.collectingsmiles.com/colors/

You can see some art that has been created with the DS version of Colors! here: http://colors.brombra.net/

Screenshots

How to Install

Download this .xo file using the Browse activity: Colors-3.xo

Development

Colors is a standard Python activity that uses PyGTK for graphics and events. The canvas is managed by a custom C++ extension which handles painting, recording and playback, rendering to the screen, and loading and saving. All source code is included in the activity bundle.

Please see the Colors!/Development page for bug lists, todo lists, build environment instructions, etc.

Testing

Colors runs well on B4 laptops and build 656, however its development status is alpha and there are known bugs. It is functional enough to be used by children though, and bug reports are welcome (see the Development page).

Feature requests

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keywords

drawing, draw, coloring, colors, paint, painting