<palette>.lbl

This file is used to define a palette of colours which can be used under the circumstances defined by the associated labels. In the livery.cfg file, you can define a series of palette key / value pairs to be used for the livery being defined, and these will then be used to filter the palette LBL file and find a specific palette to match the circumstances of the flight the livery is being used in.

NOTE: The name of the file is not important as all *.lbl files are parsed when looking for a palette.

 

Before listing the different keys that the LBL file requires, here is an example showing a single palette definition which can be used for reference when setting up your own:

{
    "LabeledPalettes": [
        {
            "Name": "SKP_Red_Black",
            "ColorPalette": [
                "#cc1919",
                "#FFFFFF",
                "#cc1919",
                "#FFFFFF",
                "#333333",
                "#FFFFFF",
                "#333333",
                "#FFFFFF",
                "#333333",
                "#FFFFFF"],
            "Labels": [
            {
                "Key": "Type",
                "Values":["SKP"]
            },
            {
                "Key": "Continent",
                "Values":["Africa"]
            },
            {
                "Key": "Color",
                "Values":["Red"]    
            }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

 

 

"LabeledPalettes"

This is the top level key of the <palette>.lbl file, and must be included otherwise the file will be invalid. The value for this element is an array, where each object in the array is a single palette definition containing the "Name", "ColorPalette", and "Lables" keys.

 

 

"Name"

This key expects a single value, which is a string defining the name of the palette. This name is purely orientative and is not used in the simulation. It is simply to help clearly identify each palette object within the file.

 

 

"ColorPalette"

This key expects an array of strings, where each string contains a colour expressed as a hexadecimal value (RGB only, no alpha). The array can hold any number of colours, which will ideally (though not necessarily) correspond with the defined [EDITABLE_COLORS] in the livery.cfg file.

 

 

"Labels"

This key expects an array of 1 or more objects, where each object is a "key" and "value" pair. Label keys are used to further filter the list of palettes available such that only one is possible under any given situation, with the keys to check coming from the [PALETTE_LABELS] section of the livery.cfg file.

 

 

"Key"

This key is used to define a key parameter to be used as a filter to find the correct palette to use.

 

 

"Value"

This is an array of values that accompany the given key to generate the filter used to find the correct palette to use.

 

 

Labels / Keys For Included Palettes

The simulation has a number of included palettes that can be accessed using specific keys and optional values. You can use any number of these keys/values from the list below to select a colour palette for your own aircraft.

 

 

Geographic Keys

When creating the palette labels, every value must have an associated key, but not every key requires a value. In the case of geographic keys, there are three that can be used with no value, which means that the simulation will automatically find the value from the simulation palette file based on the geographic location of the aircraft. The three available keys are:

 

• "Continent": When supplying this key, the simulation will search for a palette with the value corresponding to the continent the flight is taking place on. Accepted values in the palette library for this are:

  Africa
  Antartica
  Asia
  Europe
  North America
  Oceania
  South America

 

• "MergedCountry": when supplying this key, the simulation will search for a palette with the value corresponding to the merged country the flight is taking place on (a merged country is a collection of countries grouped together based on geographic and socio-cultural parity). Accepted values in the palette library for this are:

  AF_Central
  AF_East
  AF_North
  AF_South
  AF_West
  Antarctica
  Australia_East
  Australia_West
  Balkans
  Brazil
  BritishIsles
  Canada_Central
  Canada_East
  Canada_North
  Canada_West
  Caribbean
  CentralAmerica
  CentralAsia
  China_NorthEast
  China_SouthEast
  China_West
  DACHCzechia
  EasternEurope
  FranceBenelux
  GreeceTurkeyCaucuses
  GreenlandIceland
  IberianPeninsula
  IndianOcean
  IndianSubcontinent
  ItalyMalta
  JapanKoreas
  Mexico
  MiddleEast
  NewZealandOceania
  Russia_East
  Russia_EastCentral
  Russia_West
  Russia_WestCentral
  SA_North
  SA_South
  SA_West
  SEAsiaIslands
  SEAsiaMainland
  Scandinavia
  USA_Alaska
  USA_HawaiiPacific
  USA_MidWest
  USA_NorthEast
  USA_NorthWest
  USA_SouthCentral
  USA_SouthEast
  USA_SouthWest
  Ukraine

 

• "Country": when supplying this key, the simulation will search for a palette with the value corresponding to the country the flight is taking place on. Accepted values in the palette library for this are:

  Afghanistan
  Albania
  Algeria
  Angola
  Antarctica
  Argentina
  Armenia
  Australia_East
  Australia_West
  Austria
  Azerbaijan
  Bahrain
  Bangladesh
  Belarus
  Belgium
  Belize
  Benin
  Bhutan
  Bolivia
  BosniaHerzegovina
  Botswana
  Brazil
  Brunei
  Bulgaria
  BurkinaFaso
  Burundi
  Cambodia
  Cameroon
  Canada_Central
  Canada_East
  Canada_North
  Canada_West
  CapeVerde
  Caribbean
  CentralAfricanRepublic
  Chad
  Chile
  China_NorthEast
  China_SouthEast
  China_West
  Colombia
  Comoros
  Congo
  CostaRica
  Croatia
  Cuba
  Czechia
  DRCongo
  Denmark
  Djibouti
  DominicanRepublic
  EastTimor
  Ecuador
  Egypt
  ElSalvador
  EquatorialGuinea
  Eritrea
  Estonia
  Eswatini
  Ethiopia
  Fiji
  Finland
  France
  Gabon
  Gambia
  Georgia
  Germany
  Ghana
  Greece
  Greenland
  Guatemala
  Guinea
  GuineaBissau
  Guyana
  Haiti
  Honduras
  Hungary
  Iceland
  India
  Indonesia
  Iran
  Iraq
  Ireland
  Israel
  Italy
  IvoryCoast
  Jamaica
  Japan
  Jordan
  Kazakhstan
  Kenya
  Kosovo
  Kuwait
  Kyrgyzstan
  Laos
  Latvia
  Lebanon
  Lesotho
  Liberia
  Libya
  Lithuania
  Luxembourg
  Madagascar
  Malawi
  Malaysia
  Maldives
  Mali
  Malta
  Mauritania
  Mauritius
  Mexico
  Moldova
  Mongolia
  Montenegro
  Morocco
  Mozambique
  Myanmar
  Namibia
  Nepal
  Netherlands
  NewZealand
  Nicaragua
  Niger
  Nigeria
  NorthKorea
  NorthMacedonia
  Norway
  Oceania
  Oman
  Pakistan
  Palestine
  Panama
  PapuaNewGuinea
  Paraguay
  Peru
  Philippines
  Poland
  Portugal
  Qatar
  Romania
  Russia_East
  Russia_EastCentral
  Russia_West
  Russia_WestCentral
  Rwanda
  SaoTomePrincipe
  SaudiArabia
  Senegal
  Serbia
  Seychelles
  SierraLeone
  Singapore
  Slovakia
  Slovenia
  SolomonIslands
  Somalia
  SouthAfrica
  SouthKorea
  SouthSudan
  Spain
  SriLanka
  Sudan
  Suriname
  Sweden
  Switzerland
  Syria
  Tajikistan
  Tanzania
  Thailand
  Togo
  Tunisia
  Turkey
  Turkmenistan
  USA_Alaska
  USA_HawaiiPacific
  USA_MidWest
  USA_NorthEast
  USA_NorthWest
  USA_SouthCentral
  USA_SouthEast
  USA_SouthWest
  Uganda
  Ukraine
  UnitedArabEmirates
  UnitedKingdom
  Uruguay
  Uzbekistan
  Venezuela
  Vietnam
  Yemen
  Zambia
  Zimbabwe

 

 

Colours

You can select a specific colour palette by supplying the "Color" key and then one of the following values:

AllBlue
Apple Green Red
AppleGreen_Blue
AppleGreen_DarkGreen_Orange
AppleGreen_Red
Black_White
Blue
Blue Yellow White
Blue_DeepBlue
Blue_FullYellow
Blue_LightBlue
Blue_RedDarkBlueLines
Blue_Turquoise_White
Brown Beige White
Brown_Beige_White
Brown_White
Crimson DarkBlue White
Crimson White
Crimson_PaleGreen
Cyan_DesaturatedBlue
Cyan_Yellow
DarkBlue Gold
DarkBlue_Cyan_Grey
DarkBlue_Orange
DarkBlue_Red
DarkBlue_Red_White
DarkBlue_Red_Yellow
DarkBlue_Yellow
DarkBlue_Yellow_White
DarkGreen Black Yellow
DarkGreen_Black_Yellow
DarkGreen_PaleGreen
DeepBlue Red White
DeepBlue_Red_Orange
DeepBlue_White
DeepBlue_Yellow
FullBlack_Grey
FullBlack_Red
FullBlue_White
FullGreen_DarkBlue
FullGreen_Yellow_Black_Red
FullOrange_Black
FullOrange_White
FullOrange_White_Green
FullRed
FullRed_Green
FullRed_White
FullRed_Yellow
FullWhite_Blue
FullWhite_Cyan
FullWhite_DarkBlue
FullWhite_DarkBlue_Red
FullWhite_DarkGreen
FullWhite_Gold_Red
FullWhite_Green
FullWhite_Green_Blue
FullWhite_Orange
FullWhite_PaleBlue
FullWhite_Red
FullWhite_Red_Green
FullWhite_RedLines
FullYellow_Blue
FullYellow_DarkBlue
FullYellow_Green
FullYellow_Red
FullYellow_Red_Green_Black
FullYellow_VibrantBlue
Gold_Brown
Gold_White
Green_BlueRedLines
Green_Cyan
Green_DeepBlue
Green_Red
Green_White
Grey_Red
Grey_White
LightBlue&VariousColors
LightBlue_DeepBlue
Ocher PaleGreen DarkBlue
Ocher White
Ocher_PaleGreen_DarkBlue
Ocher_White
Orange_Blue_White
Orange_DeepBlue_White
Orange_GreenBlackLines
Orange_White
Orange_White_Cyan
PaleBlue_Mauve_DarkBlue_Pink
PaleBlue_NavyBlue_Red
PaleBlue_White
PaleBlue_White_Green_Red
PaleYellow PaleGreen Brown
PaleYellow_Green_Brown
PaleYellow_PaleBlue_Green
PaleYellow_Red_Brown_Beige
Pink_Cyan_Purple
Purple_Orange_White
Red Black
Red_Black
Red_DarkBlue_White
Red_Grey_White
Red_White
Red_Yellow
Red_Yellow_White
RedOcher_White
Sand Brown
Sand White
Sand_Brown
Sand_LightBrown_PaleGreen
Sand_Red
Silver_DeepBlue
Silver_Red
White Black Red
White Blue Black
White Blue Red
White Crimson
White Crimson DarkBlue
White DarkBlue
White DarkBlue Red
White DarkGreen Red
White Gold Red Green
White Green Blue Red Yellow
White Green Grey Red
White Green Red
White Grey
White Orange Green
White Red
White Red DeepBlue
White Yellow DeepBlue
White Yellow PaleRed
White_Blue
White_Blue_Grey
White_Blue_Orange
White_BlueGreenLines
White_BlueLines
White_Blues
White_Cyan_Orange
White_DarkBlue_Grey
White_DarkBlue_Orange
White_DarkBlue_Purple_Cyan
White_DeepBlue
White_Gold
White_Green_Blue_Red
White_Green_DarkBlue_Yellow
White_Green_Grey_Gold
White_Green_PaleOrange
White_Green_Red
White_Green_Red_Black
White_Green_Yellow_Red
White_Grey_BlueLines
White_Grey_Cyan
White_Orange
White_Orange_Black
White_Orange_Blue
White_Orange_Green
White_Orange_GreenLines
White_PaleBlue
White_paleBlue_Black
White_PaleBlue_Red
White_PaleBlue_Yellow
White_Pink
White_Purple
White_Purple_YellowGreenLines
White_Red
White_Red_Black
White_Red_Blue
White_Red_BlueYellowLines
White_Red_Brown_Orange
White_Red_DarkBlue
White_Red_DarkBlue2
White_Red_DarkBlue3
White_Red_DarkBlue4
White_Red_Green
White_Red_Grey
White_Red_PaleBlue
White_Red_Yellow
White_RedOcher
White_Yellow_Blue
White_Yellow_DarkBlue
Yellow DarkBlue Red
Yellow DarkGreen Crimson
Yellow Orange Red
Yellow Red DarkBlue
Yellow_Black
Yellow_Blue
Yellow_Blue_GreenLines
Yellow_DarkBlue
Yellow_DarkBlue_Red
Yellow_FullGreen_Red
Yellow_Green
Yellow_Green_Blue
Yellow_Green_Blue_Red
Yellow_Green_DarkBlue
Yellow_Green_Pale_Blue
Yellow_Green_Red
Yellow_Grey
Yellow_Orange_PaleGreen
Yellow_PaleBlueRed
Yellow_Red
Yellow_Red_Blue
Yellow_Red_DeepBlue
Yellow_RedGreenLines
Yellow_White_BlueLine
Yellow_White_Red

 

 

Activity

You may supply the key "Activity" and then a key to pick a palette based on the activity selected. The value from this key is the first three letters of the dressing code, for example:

[PALETTE_LABELS]
label_key.0 = "Activity"
label_value.0 = "AAD"

The table below gives the full dressing codes that can be used (first three letters only):

 

 

 

Aircraft Type

You can use the "Type" key to specify an aircraft type as a value and filter the palettes that way. This is an arbitrary value which is used to loosely group aircraft based on activities, location, climate and other factors, giving a palette appropriate to the type selected. Available aircraft type keys are as follows:

Activity
Africa
Agricultural
Asian
CARGO_AFRICA
CARGO_ASIA
CARGO_EU
CARGO_OCEANIA
CARGO_SA
Cultural
Desert
Europe
FIRE_AT802
Forest
Jungle
Mountain
Savannah
SouthAmerica
Tribal
Tropical