[Gimp-developer] [wish] provide transparent color

[Maciej Pilichowski]

Hello,

  I was asked to bring this issue to the ML instead of discussing it 
on bugzilla so here we go.

  Original post:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=553003

Please, provide transparent color or in other words -- treat 
transparency _also_ as a color.

I know GIMP has alpha channel and it provides transparency. However it 
is artificial for me that you have colors and then you have distinct 
entity -- transparency. It would be useful (and _intuitive_) to have 
black color, white color, ... and transparent "color", so user could 
pick up color dialog, choose transparent and paint/draw with 
transparency.

Such metaphor is more accurate to real world and thus more appealing 
to weekend artist (who would like to do some things in simple 
manner).

Kind regards,