Palette

An iOS command line tool to parse files and generate color palettes.

Usage

./palette {input_file} {output_name} {output_dir}? {output_type}

Required Arguments:

• {input_file}
  • A path to a file to parse colors from
  • Supported file types: .plist .swift .txt
  • The file extension must be included in the path
• {output_name}
  • The desired name of the color palette
• {output_type}
  • The format of the outputted color palette
  • Options: --clr --colorset --plist --swift --swift-literal --txt
  • See below for more information

Optional Arguments:

• {output_dir}
  • A path to a directory at which the color palette is outputted
  • If not provided, the color palette is outputted at the current working directory

Formats

🗺️ Color Map .clr --clr (Binary)

white 255 255 255
red 255 0 0
green 0 255 0
blue 0 0 255
cyan 0 255 255
magenta 255 0 255
yellow 255 255 0
black 0 0 0

🍭 Color Set .colorset --colorset

{
    "info" : {
        "version" : 1,
        "author" : "xcode"
    },
    "colors" : [
        {
            "idiom" : "universal",
            "color" : {
                "color-space" : "srgb",
                "components" : {
                    "red" : "1.0",
                    "green" : "1.0",
                    "blue" : "1.0",
                    "alpha" : "1.0"
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

📑 Property List .plist --plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Name</key>
    <string>Sample</string>
    <key>Colors</key>
    <dict>
        <key>white</key>
        <string>#ffffff</string>
        <key>red</key>
        <string>#ff0000</string>
        <key>green</key>
        <string>#00ff00</string>
        <key>blue</key>
        <string>#0000ff</string>
        <key>cyan</key>
        <string>#00ffff</string>
        <key>magenta</key>
        <string>#ff00ff</string>
        <key>yellow</key>
        <string>#ffff00</string>
        <key>black</key>
        <string>#000000</string>
    </dict>
</dict>
</plist>

🏎️ Swift File .swift --swift

extension UIColor {

    struct Sample {

        /// `#ffffff`
        static let white = UIColor(red: 1.0, green: 1.0, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#ff0000`
        static let red = UIColor(red: 1.0, green: 0.0, blue: 0.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#00ff00`
        static let green = UIColor(red: 0.0, green: 1.0, blue: 0.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#0000ff`
        static let blue = UIColor(red: 0.0, green: 0.0, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#00ffff`
        static let cyan = UIColor(red: 0.0, green: 1.0, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#ff00ff`
        static let magenta = UIColor(red: 1.0, green: 0.0, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#ffff00`
        static let yellow = UIColor(red: 1.0, green: 1.0, blue: 0.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#000000`
        static let black = UIColor(red: 0.0, green: 0.0, blue: 0.0, alpha: 1.0)
    
        private init() {}

    }

}

🏎️ Swift File (Color Literal) .swift --swift-literal

extension UIColor {

    struct Sample {

        /// `#ffffff`
        static let white = #colorLiteral(red: 1.0, green: 1.0, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#ff0000`
        static let red = #colorLiteral(red: 1.0, green: 0.0, blue: 0.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#00ff00`
        static let green = #colorLiteral(red: 0.0, green: 1.0, blue: 0.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#0000ff`
        static let blue = #colorLiteral(red: 0.0, green: 0.0, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#00ffff`
        static let cyan = #colorLiteral(red: 0.0, green: 1.0, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#ff00ff`
        static let magenta = #colorLiteral(red: 1.0, green: 0.0, blue: 1.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#ffff00`
        static let yellow = #colorLiteral(red: 1.0, green: 1.0, blue: 0.0, alpha: 1.0)
        /// `#000000`
        static let black = #colorLiteral(red: 0.0, green: 0.0, blue: 0.0, alpha: 1.0)
    
        private init() {}

    }

}

📄 Text File .txt --text

white #ffffff
red #ff0000
green #00ff00
blue #0000ff
cyan #00ffff
magenta #ff00ff
yellow #ffff00
black #000000

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 Adam Graham

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