Comment 4 for bug 171177

IMO there is no point in having borderless swatches in the palette. The colors just split together in a line and it is very difficult (and in some cases almost impossible) to locate a precise color (just look at some of inkscape's standard palettes like the blue, gold or gray). There is no point in having one single gradient line in the palette since there already is the color properties window that can be used to achieve the same result (have a color gradient line to choose a precise color from it). See the attached screenshot showing the gray palette and the color properties window.

Inkscape's swatches needs borders (at least as an option that can be switched ON or OFF), every time I use the palette I am reminded of this problem.