With bug 106534 (Color set/palette for charts missing since reorganization of color palettes) not only the LibO chart color set was added but also 2 color sets for charts of Microsoft Office 2010 and 2013. They improved the usability because 1) all these Microsoft colors could be re-used in documents (especially in round trip environments with Microsoft products) and 2) LibO users had more choice of chart colors. The current short chart-palette seems little bit lost. In LibO 5.4.3.2 the chart colors are there, in 6.0.0.1 they are gone.
New color names can be chosen so that no legal problems occur. I don't think that the colors itself (their hex/RGB value) are proprietary.
(In reply to Thomas Lendo from comment #1) > I don't think that the colors itself (their hex/RGB value) are proprietary. Please provide proof of this. Here is a link speaking for the opposite https://www.environmentalleader.com/2007/06/bp-loses-trademark-case-over-color-green/ (there are many other when you search for "trademark color", admitted that it is the brand color. Also it makes not much sense when colors have completely different names.
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