Color Palettes

The information on this page corresponds to
Version 1.0
If you are using another version of Terra Antiqua, select it below.

Latest version

By default, Terra Antiqua has its own color palette (Terra Antiqua color scheme). Alternatively, you may use any color palette you want. You may create it yourself, download it from the internet, or another source.
Here you can create color schemes, and here you can download predefined color palettes available for free under open licenses.

Color scheme folder

Color palettes can be applied using QGIS but to be used by Terra Antiqua, a color palette must be stored (in .cpt format) in a specific folder inside the plugin. The access to this folder is not always simple. The procedure is described below for Windows 10 and MacOS 10.13 or higher.

• Windows 10

  In Windows it is necessary to activate the option to show hidden items. This is done as follows:

  On top of any Explorer window, in the View panel, tick the box Hidden items.

  Once the hidden items are visible, you need to find the folder color_schemes, where the color palettes are saved.

  1. Go to C:\Users\usernameYour Windows user\AppData\Roaming\QGIS\QGIS3\profiles\default\python\plugins
  2. Then open the folder terra_antiqua and go to ressources\color_schemes




• MacOS High Sierra (10.13) or higher

  1. First, you have to open the Library folder:

     Open Finder and pull down the Go menu. Press the option key from the keyboard and choose Library from the drop-down list.

  2. Then find the plugins folder:

     in the Library folder, go to Application Support > QGIS >QGIS3 > profiles > default > python > plugins

  3. In the plugins folder, go to terra_antiqua > ressources > color_scheme

Any color palette in the color_scheme folder will be available for each tool of Terra Antiqua.

Please remember that the color palettes must be in .cpt format. The name of the color palette that will be listed in Terra Antiqua should be added in the first line of the .cpt file, following a hashtag.

Color palettes delivered with Terra Antiqua

Two color schemes are installed by default with this plugin.

• Terra Antiqua color scheme (designed by Diego Ruiz)

• Ocean_land_3 (designed by Fernando Poblete)

See the tool Change Map Symbology to quickly switch from one to the other.