🎨 Color

Color is an extension of the standard library package image/color.

It provides multiple color spaces, conversions between each of them, color distance measuring and multiple palettes.

Features

Color Models/Spaces

• 24-bit RGB colors
• 48-bit RGB colors
• HSI colors
• HSL colors
• HSV colors
• L*a*b* colors
• XYZ colors

RGB

A RGB color is made up of three components (each an unsigned 8-bit integer):

• R: Red channel
• G: Green channel
• B: Blue channel

RGB48

A RGB48 color is made up of three components (each an unsigned 16-bit integer):

• R: Red channel
• G: Green channel
• B: Blue channel

HSL

A HSL color is made up of three components (each a 64-bit floating-point number):

• H: Hue
• S: Saturation
• L: Lightness

See Wikipedia for more information as to how this differs from HSV and HSI.

HSV

A HSV color is made up of three components (each a 64-bit floating-point number):

• H: Hue
• S: Saturation
• V: Value

See Wikipedia for more information as to how this differs from HSL and HSI.

HSI

A HSI color is made up of three components (each a 64-bit floating-point number):

• H: Hue
• S: Saturation
• I: Intensity

See Wikipedia for more information as to how this differs from HSL and HSV.

XYZ

XYZ represents a color in the CIE 1931 XYZ color space and is made up of three components (each a 64-bit floating-point number):

• X: A mix of the three CIE RGB curves
• Y: Luminance
• Z: Quasi-equal to blue (of CIE RGB)

L*a*b*

Lab represents a color in the CIELAB color space and is made up of three components (each a 64-bit floating-point number):

• L: Lightness
• A: Position between red and green
• B: Position between yellow and blue

Palettes

• X11 (as named color constants)
• Microsoft Windows default 16-color palette (palette.Windows16)
• Microsoft Windows default 20-color palette (palette.Windows20)
• Apple Macintosh default 16-color palette (palette.Macintosh)
• RISC OS default palette (palette.RISC)
• Bluecurve icon palette (palette.Bluecurve)
• Eclipse-style palette (palette.Eclipse)
• Tango Desktop Project palette (palette.Tango)
• Palettes by Adam C. Younis:
  • Apollo (palette.Apollo)
• Palettes by Adigun A. Polack:
  • AAP-16 (palette.AAP16)
  • AAP-64 (palette.AAP64)
  • AAP-MajestyXVII (palette.AAPMajestyXVII)
  • AAP-Micro12 (palette.AAPMicro12)
  • AAP-RadiantXV (palette.AAPRadiantXV)
  • AAP-Splendor128 (palette.AAPSplendor128)
  • Petite-8 (palette.Petite8)
  • Petite-8 Afterdark (palette.Petite8Afterdark)
  • SimpleJPC-16 (palette.SimpleJPC16)
• Palettes by BlackedIRL:
  • BLK 36 (palette.BLK36)
  • BLK AQU4 (palette.BLKAQU4)
  • NOPAL-12 (palette.NOPAL12)
• Palettes by Conker:
  • Pollen8 (palette.Pollen8)
• Palettes by ENDESGA:
  • ARQ4 (palette.ARQ4)
  • ARQ16 (palette.ARQ16)
  • EDG77 (palette.EDG77)
  • EN4 (palette.EN4)
  • Endesga 8 (palette.Endesga8)
  • Endesga 16 (palette.Endesga16)
  • Endesga 32 (palette.Endesga32)
  • Endesga 36 (palette.Endesga36)
  • Endesga 64 (palette.Endesga64)
  • Endesga Soft 16 (palette.EndesgaSoft16)
  • ENOS16 (palette.ENOS16)
  • hept32 (palette.Hept32)
  • SUPERFUTURE25 (palette.SUPERFUTURE25)
• Palettes by Gabriel C.:
  • Fantasy 24 (palette.Fantasy24)
• Palettes by Kerrie Lake:
  • Coldfire GB (palette.ColdfireGB)
  • Earth GB (palette.EarthGB)
  • Ice Cream GB (palette.IceCreamGB)
  • Island Joy 16 (palette.IslandJoy16)
  • Mist GB (palette.MistGB)
  • Nymph GB (palette.NymphGB)
  • Peachy Pop 16 (palette.PeachyPop16)
  • Resurrect 32 (palette.Resurrect32)
  • Resurrect 64 (palette.Resurrect64)
  • Rustic GB (palette.RusticGB)
  • Wish GB (palette.WishGB)
• Palettes by Kirokaze:
  • Kirokaze Gameboy (palette.KirokazeGameboy)
• Palettes by Nauris:
  • NA16 (palette.NA16)
• Palettes by PineappleOnPizza:
  • Bubblegum 16 (palette.Bubblegum16)
  • Cave (palette.Cave)
  • Journey (palette.Journey)
  • Pear36 (palette.Pear36)
  • Pineapple 32 (palette.Pineapple32)
  • Rosy 42 (palette.Rosy42)
  • Taffy 16 (palette.Taffy16)
• Palettes by Slynyrd:
  • Steam Lords (palette.SteamLords)
• Palettes by Vinik:
  • Vinik24 (palette.Vinik24)

Additional Features

• Conversion between color models/spaces
• Distance calculations between colors in all color models/spaces
• Palette creation from image