Custom Ordered Color Palettes in Inkscape

Using the Inkscape Generate Palette plugin you can create custom sorted palettes:

1. First install the extension – see README with options/instructions. Then restart Inkscape.
2. Then arrange your colored objects on either the z-index, x location, or y location
3. After that, box-select your whole palette and use the extension by opening Extensions → Palette → generate.
4. Then name the palette, select your sorting method, and click Apply.
5. Finally restart inscape to refresh the palette selection.

Links:

• Inkscape Generate Palette on GitHub
• Generate Palette Extension on inkscape.org
• My Initial Post on the Graphic Design Stack Exchange

In v6.0 you can sort your palettes by the location, however the pull request that adds the ability to sort palettes by a grid has yet to be merged and released. I would expect to have this feature in something like v6.1 when their team gets the chance to do another release.