[scribus] How to show all colours in Scribus?

[a.l.e]

hi ian

> I've been using Scribus very successfully for the past couple of years 
> to produce my Monthly Newsletter.
>
> Yesterday I started to layout a new form I needed for my Members in 
> OpenOffice and soon found I missed the capabilities I'm now used to in 
> Scribus so changed to that. Everything worked out fine except for my 
> Colour Selection.
>
> For some reason I only have about 12 colours showing in the selection 
> box whereas with my Newsletter I have very many more!
>
> How do I get the full colour range available to me in my new form??

you can create any color you want in edit > colors.

you can also enable the old color palettes, but i would not recommend 
you to do it.

> I'm using Scribus 1.4.0svn dated 02 Jan 2011.

you should also update to one more recent release candidate of scribus...

ciao
a.l.e