ofxColorsBrowser

Overview

An openFrameworks add-on to browse many named color libraries imported from JSON files.

Screenshots

ofxSurfingColors

Color Libraries

• Pantone (+2000 colors).
• Sanzo Wada: A Dictionary of Color Combinations from @dblodorn.
• Crayola from @jjdelc.
• Cheprasov from @cheprasov.
• Open Color from @pd-andy.
• OF Native named colors.

Features

• Updatable with other text files based libraries (JSON, XML, or other colors libs/addons).
• Cards with seteable amount of colors.
• Sort the library by Hue, Name or with the original sorting.
• GUI with clickable colored and named boxes.
• The interface can be completely disabled to simplify. But still exposing access to the colors.
• Key commands, browse with arrow keys and an ofxGui debug panel.
• Basic exposed parameters to integrate in other apps/add-ons. Store/Recall settings.

Usage

ofApp.h

#include "ofxColorsBrowser.h"

ofxColorsBrowser colorBrowser;
ofFloatColor colorBg;

ofApp.cpp

ofApp::setup()
{
	colorBrowser.setupColorPtr(colorBg); // set local target color "receiver"
	colorBrowser.setup();
}

ofApp::draw()
{
 	ofBackground(colorBg); // auto updated when changes
}

Dependencies

• ofxSurfingHelpers
• ofxGui
• ofxRectangleUtils * / DEVELOP BRANCH
• ofxFontStash *
• ofxSurfingImGui **
• ofxImGui **
• ofxWindowApp ***

Mark	Not required when
*	interface is disabled
**	ImGui is disabled
***	some example only

Already bundled into OF_ADDON/libs. No need to add to the PROJECT GENERATOR!

• ofxOpenColor

Tested systems

• Windows10 / VS2017 / OF ~0.11
• macOS High Sierra / Xcode 9/10 / OF ~0.11

Author

Addon by @moebiusSurfing
(ManuMolina). 2020.

Thanks to @bakercp, @armadillu, @pd-andy and all the JSON packers linked above for their repositories.

License

MIT License.