The [colorRef] command.

Introduction

The colorRef command lets you create and manipulate colors in Alpha.

Synopsis

The formal syntax of the [colorRef] command is:

colorRef subcommand ?options?

The possible subcommands are described below. Depending on the subcommand, various options can be additionally specified.

The [components] subcommand

This subcommand lets you get the components of a color. The syntax is:

    colorRef components ?-space (RGB|CYMK|HSB|GRAY)? ?-alpha (0|1)? token

The token argument designates the color whose components you want to retrieve.
The -space option has the same meaning as with the [colorRef create] command. The default value is RGB. You do not need necessarily to specify the same color space as when the color was created: this command can be used to convert a color from a color space to the other.
The -alpha option specifies whether the opacity (alpha component) should be included. By default, this option is set to 0.

The [create] subcommand

This subcommand creates a new color. It has the following syntax:

    colorRef create ?-space (RGB|CYMK|HSB|GRAY)? components...

The command returns a token used in the other subcommands to uniquely identify the color.
The -space option lets you specify the color space in which the color components are defined. The possible values are :

RGB for the Red/Green/Blue color space
CYMK for the Cyan/Yellow/Magenta/Black color space
HSB for the Hue/Saturation/Brightness color space
GRAY for the levels of gray color space

The default color space is RGB.
The components argument represents the coordinates of the color in the colorspace.
The last component is optional and corresponds to the opacity (aka the alpha channel). If it is not specified, the opacity is set by default to 1.0 (which means the image is totally opaque).
The values of the components are real numbers between 0.0 and 1.0. Values below 0.0 are interpreted as 0.0, and values above 1.0 are interpreted as 1.0.
The number of expected components depends on the color space which is used and on the opacity. In the case of the RGB and HSB color spaces, there should be 3 or 4 components. In the case of the CYMK color space, there should be 4 or 5 components. In the case of the GRAY color space, there should be 1 or 2 components: the first one is the level of gray and the second one is an optional value for the opacity.

The [delete] subcommand

This subcommand lets you delete a color. The syntax is:

    colorRef delete token

After deletion, the token associated with this color is not valid anymore.

The [list] subcommand

This subcommand returns a list of the existing color tokens. The syntax is:

    colorRef list

The [named] subcommand

This subcommand is used to find named colors. The syntax is:

    colorRef named name

It returns a token for the color designated by the name argument if this name exists in the catalog or otherwise raises an error. See the table in the Color Names section for a list of possible values.

The [names] subcommand

This subcommand returns a list of color names. The syntax is:

    colorRef names

Alpha is built with a colors catalog containing predefined colors designated by a name. This command returns the list of all the names available in the catalog.
See the table in the Color Names section for the exact specification of all the named colors.

The [panel] subcommand

This subcommand displays the color panel. The syntax is:

    colorRef panel ?-space (RGB|CYMK|HSB|GRAY)? ?-alpha (0|1)? \
         ?-default {r g b ?a?}?

The options have the following signification:

-alpha: this option specifies whether the color picker should allow selecting the opacity of the color. By default, this option is set to 0.
-default: this option specifies an initial set of values for the color picker. Its value is a list of three or four floating numbers between 0 and 1 representing the RGB components and an optional alpha component (equal to 1 by default).
-space: this option has the same meaning as with the [colorRef create] command. The default value is RGB.
-title: this option specifies a title for the color picker window.

The command does not return anything. The color panel acts on the current document window: the color chosen in the panel applies to the current selection.
If you need to ask the user to select a color, use the [colorRef pick] command instead.

The [pick] subcommand

This subcommand lets you get the components of a color using a color picker. The syntax is:

    colorRef pick ?-space (RGB|CYMK|HSB|GRAY)? ?-alpha (0|1)? \
         ?-default {r g b ?a?}? ?-title str?

The options -alpha, -default, -space have the same meaning as with the [colorRef panel] command. The -title option specifies a title for the color picker window.
The difference between the [colorRef panel] and the [colorRef pick] commands is that the former displays the panel and returns immediately whereas the latter is run modally and presents Cancel and OK buttons to exit the dialog.
The command returns a list of floating values (between 0 and 1) corresponding to the components of the chosen color. The number of components depends on the color space: in the case of the default RGB space, the command returns a three-element list with the red, green and blue components.

The [space] subcommand

This subcommand returns the name of the color space in which a color is defined. The syntax is:

    colorRef space token

The color is designated by its token. Note that colors created in the HSB colorspace are silently converted by Cocoa into the RGB colorspace: the returned info is the RGB colorspace.

Color names

Here is the complete list of the 657 colors defined in the Alpha colors catalog with their specification in the RGB color space.

Name	R	G	B
aliceblue	0.94	0.97	1
antiquewhite1	1	0.94	0.86
antiquewhite2	0.93	0.87	0.8
antiquewhite3	0.8	0.75	0.69
antiquewhite4	0.55	0.51	0.47
antiquewhite	0.98	0.92	0.84
aquamarine1	0.5	1	0.83
aquamarine2	0.46	0.93	0.78
aquamarine3	0.4	0.8	0.67
aquamarine4	0.27	0.55	0.45
aquamarine	0.5	1	0.83
azure1	0.94	1	1
azure2	0.88	0.93	0.93
azure3	0.76	0.8	0.8
azure4	0.51	0.55	0.55
azure	0.94	1	1
beige	0.96	0.96	0.86
bisque1	1	0.89	0.77
bisque2	0.93	0.84	0.72
bisque3	0.8	0.72	0.62
bisque4	0.55	0.49	0.42
bisque	1	0.89	0.77
black	0	0	0
blanchedalmond	1	0.92	0.8
blue1	0	0	1
blue2	0	0	0.93
blue3	0	0	0.8
blue4	0	0	0.55
blue	0	0	1
blueviolet	0.54	0.17	0.89
brown1	1	0.25	0.25
brown2	0.93	0.23	0.23
brown3	0.8	0.2	0.2
brown4	0.55	0.14	0.14
brown	0.65	0.16	0.16
burlywood1	1	0.83	0.61
burlywood2	0.93	0.77	0.57
burlywood3	0.8	0.67	0.49
burlywood4	0.55	0.45	0.33
burlywood	0.87	0.72	0.53
cadetblue1	0.6	0.96	1
cadetblue2	0.56	0.9	0.93
cadetblue3	0.48	0.77	0.8
cadetblue4	0.33	0.53	0.55
cadetblue	0.37	0.62	0.63
chartreuse1	0.5	1	0
chartreuse2	0.46	0.93	0
chartreuse3	0.4	0.8	0
chartreuse4	0.27	0.55	0
chartreuse	0.5	1	0
chocolate1	1	0.5	0.14
chocolate2	0.93	0.46	0.13
chocolate3	0.8	0.4	0.11
chocolate4	0.55	0.27	0.07
chocolate	0.82	0.41	0.12
coral1	1	0.45	0.34
coral2	0.93	0.42	0.31
coral3	0.8	0.36	0.27
coral4	0.55	0.24	0.18
coral	1	0.5	0.31
cornflowerblue	0.39	0.58	0.93
cornsilk1	1	0.97	0.86
cornsilk2	0.93	0.91	0.8
cornsilk3	0.8	0.78	0.69
cornsilk4	0.55	0.53	0.47
cornsilk	1	0.97	0.86
cyan1	0	1	1
cyan2	0	0.93	0.93
cyan3	0	0.8	0.8
cyan4	0	0.55	0.55
cyan	0	1	1
darkblue	0	0	0.55
darkcyan	0	0.55	0.55
darkgoldenrod1	1	0.73	0.06
darkgoldenrod2	0.93	0.68	0.05
darkgoldenrod3	0.8	0.58	0.05
darkgoldenrod4	0.55	0.4	0.03
darkgoldenrod	0.72	0.53	0.04
darkgray	0.66	0.66	0.66
darkgreen	0	0.39	0
darkgrey	0.66	0.66	0.66
darkkhaki	0.74	0.72	0.42
darkmagenta	0.55	0	0.55
darkolivegreen1	0.79	1	0.44
darkolivegreen2	0.74	0.93	0.41
darkolivegreen3	0.64	0.8	0.35
darkolivegreen4	0.43	0.55	0.24
darkolivegreen	0.33	0.42	0.18
darkorange1	1	0.5	0
darkorange2	0.93	0.46	0
darkorange3	0.8	0.4	0
darkorange4	0.55	0.27	0
darkorange	1	0.55	0
darkorchid1	0.75	0.24	1
darkorchid2	0.7	0.23	0.93
darkorchid3	0.6	0.2	0.8
darkorchid4	0.41	0.13	0.55
darkorchid	0.6	0.2	0.8
darkred	0.55	0	0
darksalmon	0.91	0.59	0.48
darkseagreen1	0.76	1	0.76
darkseagreen2	0.71	0.93	0.71
darkseagreen3	0.61	0.8	0.61
darkseagreen4	0.41	0.55	0.41
darkseagreen	0.56	0.74	0.56
darkslateblue	0.28	0.24	0.55
darkslategray1	0.59	1	1
darkslategray2	0.55	0.93	0.93
darkslategray3	0.47	0.8	0.8
darkslategray4	0.32	0.55	0.55
darkslategray	0.18	0.31	0.31
darkslategrey	0.18	0.31	0.31
darkturquoise	0	0.81	0.82
darkviolet	0.58	0	0.83
deeppink1	1	0.08	0.58
deeppink2	0.93	0.07	0.54
deeppink3	0.8	0.06	0.46
deeppink4	0.55	0.04	0.31
deeppink	1	0.08	0.58
deepskyblue1	0	0.75	1
deepskyblue2	0	0.7	0.93
deepskyblue3	0	0.6	0.8
deepskyblue4	0	0.41	0.55
deepskyblue	0	0.75	1
dimgray	0.41	0.41	0.41
dimgrey	0.41	0.41	0.41
dodgerblue1	0.12	0.56	1
dodgerblue2	0.11	0.53	0.93
dodgerblue3	0.09	0.45	0.8
dodgerblue4	0.06	0.31	0.55
dodgerblue	0.12	0.56	1
firebrick1	1	0.19	0.19
firebrick2	0.93	0.17	0.17
firebrick3	0.8	0.15	0.15
firebrick4	0.55	0.1	0.1
firebrick	0.7	0.13	0.13
floralwhite	1	0.98	0.94
forestgreen	0.13	0.55	0.13
gainsboro	0.86	0.86	0.86
ghostwhite	0.97	0.97	1
gold1	1	0.84	0
gold2	0.93	0.79	0
gold3	0.8	0.68	0
gold4	0.55	0.46	0
gold	1	0.84	0
goldenrod1	1	0.76	0.15
goldenrod2	0.93	0.71	0.13
goldenrod3	0.8	0.61	0.11
goldenrod4	0.55	0.41	0.08
goldenrod	0.85	0.65	0.13
gray0	0	0	0
gray1	0.01	0.01	0.01
gray2	0.02	0.02	0.02
gray3	0.03	0.03	0.03
gray4	0.04	0.04	0.04
gray5	0.05	0.05	0.05
gray6	0.06	0.06	0.06
gray7	0.07	0.07	0.07
gray8	0.08	0.08	0.08
gray9	0.09	0.09	0.09
gray10	0.1	0.1	0.1
gray11	0.11	0.11	0.11
gray12	0.12	0.12	0.12
gray13	0.13	0.13	0.13
gray14	0.14	0.14	0.14
gray15	0.15	0.15	0.15
gray16	0.16	0.16	0.16
gray17	0.17	0.17	0.17
gray18	0.18	0.18	0.18
gray19	0.19	0.19	0.19
gray20	0.2	0.2	0.2
gray21	0.21	0.21	0.21
gray22	0.22	0.22	0.22
gray23	0.23	0.23	0.23
gray24	0.24	0.24	0.24
gray25	0.25	0.25	0.25
gray26	0.26	0.26	0.26
gray27	0.27	0.27	0.27
gray28	0.28	0.28	0.28
gray29	0.29	0.29	0.29
gray30	0.3	0.3	0.3
gray31	0.31	0.31	0.31
gray32	0.32	0.32	0.32
gray33	0.33	0.33	0.33
gray34	0.34	0.34	0.34
gray35	0.35	0.35	0.35
gray36	0.36	0.36	0.36
gray37	0.37	0.37	0.37
gray38	0.38	0.38	0.38
gray39	0.39	0.39	0.39
gray40	0.4	0.4	0.4
gray41	0.41	0.41	0.41
gray42	0.42	0.42	0.42
gray43	0.43	0.43	0.43
gray44	0.44	0.44	0.44
gray45	0.45	0.45	0.45
gray46	0.46	0.46	0.46
gray47	0.47	0.47	0.47
gray48	0.48	0.48	0.48
gray49	0.49	0.49	0.49
gray50	0.5	0.5	0.5
gray51	0.51	0.51	0.51
gray52	0.52	0.52	0.52
gray53	0.53	0.53	0.53
gray54	0.54	0.54	0.54
gray55	0.55	0.55	0.55
gray56	0.56	0.56	0.56
gray57	0.57	0.57	0.57
gray58	0.58	0.58	0.58
gray59	0.59	0.59	0.59
gray60	0.6	0.6	0.6
gray61	0.61	0.61	0.61
gray62	0.62	0.62	0.62
gray63	0.63	0.63	0.63
gray64	0.64	0.64	0.64
gray65	0.65	0.65	0.65
gray66	0.66	0.66	0.66
gray67	0.67	0.67	0.67
gray68	0.68	0.68	0.68
gray69	0.69	0.69	0.69
gray70	0.7	0.7	0.7
gray71	0.71	0.71	0.71
gray72	0.72	0.72	0.72
gray73	0.73	0.73	0.73
gray74	0.74	0.74	0.74
gray75	0.75	0.75	0.75
gray76	0.76	0.76	0.76
gray77	0.77	0.77	0.77
gray78	0.78	0.78	0.78
gray79	0.79	0.79	0.79
gray80	0.8	0.8	0.8
gray81	0.81	0.81	0.81
gray82	0.82	0.82	0.82
gray83	0.83	0.83	0.83
gray84	0.84	0.84	0.84
gray85	0.85	0.85	0.85
gray86	0.86	0.86	0.86
gray87	0.87	0.87	0.87
gray88	0.88	0.88	0.88
gray89	0.89	0.89	0.89
gray90	0.9	0.9	0.9
gray91	0.91	0.91	0.91
gray92	0.92	0.92	0.92
gray93	0.93	0.93	0.93
gray94	0.94	0.94	0.94
gray95	0.95	0.95	0.95
gray96	0.96	0.96	0.96
gray97	0.97	0.97	0.97
gray98	0.98	0.98	0.98
gray99	0.99	0.99	0.99
gray100	1	1	1
gray	0.75	0.75	0.75
green1	0	1	0
green2	0	0.93	0
green3	0	0.8	0
green4	0	0.55	0
green	0.01	0.51	0.05
greenyellow	0.68	1	0.18
grey0	0	0	0
grey1	0.01	0.01	0.01
grey2	0.02	0.02	0.02
grey3	0.03	0.03	0.03
grey4	0.04	0.04	0.04
grey5	0.05	0.05	0.05
grey6	0.06	0.06	0.06
grey7	0.07	0.07	0.07
grey8	0.08	0.08	0.08
grey9	0.09	0.09	0.09
grey10	0.1	0.1	0.1
grey11	0.11	0.11	0.11
grey12	0.12	0.12	0.12
grey13	0.13	0.13	0.13
grey14	0.14	0.14	0.14
grey15	0.15	0.15	0.15
grey16	0.16	0.16	0.16
grey17	0.17	0.17	0.17
grey18	0.18	0.18	0.18
grey19	0.19	0.19	0.19
grey20	0.2	0.2	0.2
grey21	0.21	0.21	0.21
grey22	0.22	0.22	0.22
grey23	0.23	0.23	0.23
grey24	0.24	0.24	0.24
grey25	0.25	0.25	0.25
grey26	0.26	0.26	0.26
grey27	0.27	0.27	0.27
grey28	0.28	0.28	0.28
grey29	0.29	0.29	0.29
grey30	0.3	0.3	0.3
grey31	0.31	0.31	0.31
grey32	0.32	0.32	0.32
grey33	0.33	0.33	0.33
grey34	0.34	0.34	0.34
grey35	0.35	0.35	0.35
grey36	0.36	0.36	0.36
grey37	0.37	0.37	0.37
grey38	0.38	0.38	0.38
grey39	0.39	0.39	0.39
grey40	0.4	0.4	0.4
grey41	0.41	0.41	0.41
grey42	0.42	0.42	0.42
grey43	0.43	0.43	0.43
grey44	0.44	0.44	0.44
grey45	0.45	0.45	0.45
grey46	0.46	0.46	0.46
grey47	0.47	0.47	0.47
grey48	0.48	0.48	0.48
grey49	0.49	0.49	0.49
grey50	0.5	0.5	0.5
grey51	0.51	0.51	0.51
grey52	0.52	0.52	0.52
grey53	0.53	0.53	0.53
grey54	0.54	0.54	0.54
grey55	0.55	0.55	0.55
grey56	0.56	0.56	0.56
grey57	0.57	0.57	0.57
grey58	0.58	0.58	0.58
grey59	0.59	0.59	0.59
grey60	0.6	0.6	0.6
grey61	0.61	0.61	0.61
grey62	0.62	0.62	0.62
grey63	0.63	0.63	0.63
grey64	0.64	0.64	0.64
grey65	0.65	0.65	0.65
grey66	0.66	0.66	0.66
grey67	0.67	0.67	0.67
grey68	0.68	0.68	0.68
grey69	0.69	0.69	0.69
grey70	0.7	0.7	0.7
grey71	0.71	0.71	0.71
grey72	0.72	0.72	0.72
grey73	0.73	0.73	0.73
grey74	0.74	0.74	0.74
grey75	0.75	0.75	0.75
grey76	0.76	0.76	0.76
grey77	0.77	0.77	0.77
grey78	0.78	0.78	0.78
grey79	0.79	0.79	0.79
grey80	0.8	0.8	0.8
grey81	0.81	0.81	0.81
grey82	0.82	0.82	0.82
grey83	0.83	0.83	0.83
grey84	0.84	0.84	0.84
grey85	0.85	0.85	0.85
grey86	0.86	0.86	0.86
grey87	0.87	0.87	0.87
grey88	0.88	0.88	0.88
grey89	0.89	0.89	0.89
grey90	0.9	0.9	0.9
grey91	0.91	0.91	0.91
grey92	0.92	0.92	0.92
grey93	0.93	0.93	0.93
grey94	0.94	0.94	0.94
grey95	0.95	0.95	0.95
grey96	0.96	0.96	0.96
grey97	0.97	0.97	0.97
grey98	0.98	0.98	0.98
grey99	0.99	0.99	0.99
grey100	1	1	1
grey	0.75	0.75	0.75
honeydew1	0.94	1	0.94
honeydew2	0.88	0.93	0.88
honeydew3	0.76	0.8	0.76
honeydew4	0.51	0.55	0.51
honeydew	0.94	1	0.94
hotpink1	1	0.43	0.71
hotpink2	0.93	0.42	0.65
hotpink3	0.8	0.38	0.56
hotpink4	0.55	0.23	0.38
hotpink	1	0.41	0.71
indianred1	1	0.42	0.42
indianred2	0.93	0.39	0.39
indianred3	0.8	0.33	0.33
indianred4	0.55	0.23	0.23
indianred	0.8	0.36	0.36
ivory1	1	1	0.94
ivory2	0.93	0.93	0.88
ivory3	0.8	0.8	0.76
ivory4	0.55	0.55	0.51
ivory	1	1	0.94
khaki1	1	0.96	0.56
khaki2	0.93	0.9	0.52
khaki3	0.8	0.78	0.45
khaki4	0.55	0.53	0.31
khaki	0.94	0.9	0.55
lavender	0.9	0.9	0.98
lavenderblush1	1	0.94	0.96
lavenderblush2	0.93	0.88	0.9
lavenderblush3	0.8	0.76	0.77
lavenderblush4	0.55	0.51	0.53
lavenderblush	1	0.94	0.96
lawngreen	0.49	0.99	0
lemonchiffon1	1	0.98	0.8
lemonchiffon2	0.93	0.91	0.75
lemonchiffon3	0.8	0.79	0.65
lemonchiffon4	0.55	0.54	0.44
lemonchiffon	1	0.98	0.8
lightblue1	0.75	0.94	1
lightblue2	0.7	0.87	0.93
lightblue3	0.6	0.75	0.8
lightblue4	0.41	0.51	0.55
lightblue	0.68	0.85	0.9
lightcoral	0.94	0.5	0.5
lightcyan1	0.88	1	1
lightcyan2	0.82	0.93	0.93
lightcyan3	0.71	0.8	0.8
lightcyan4	0.48	0.55	0.55
lightcyan	0.88	1	1
lightgoldenrod1	1	0.93	0.55
lightgoldenrod2	0.93	0.86	0.51
lightgoldenrod3	0.8	0.75	0.44
lightgoldenrod4	0.55	0.51	0.3
lightgoldenrod	0.93	0.87	0.51
lightgoldenrodyellow	0.98	0.98	0.82
lightgray	0.83	0.83	0.83
lightgreen	0.56	0.93	0.56
lightgrey	0.83	0.83	0.83
lightpink1	1	0.68	0.73
lightpink2	0.93	0.64	0.68
lightpink3	0.8	0.55	0.58
lightpink4	0.55	0.37	0.4
lightpink	1	0.71	0.76
lightsalmon1	1	0.63	0.48
lightsalmon2	0.93	0.58	0.45
lightsalmon3	0.8	0.51	0.38
lightsalmon4	0.55	0.34	0.26
lightsalmon	1	0.63	0.48
lightseagreen	0.13	0.7	0.67
lightskyblue1	0.69	0.89	1
lightskyblue2	0.64	0.83	0.93
lightskyblue3	0.55	0.71	0.8
lightskyblue4	0.38	0.48	0.55
lightskyblue	0.53	0.81	0.98
lightslateblue	0.52	0.44	1
lightslategray	0.47	0.53	0.6
lightslategrey	0.47	0.53	0.6
lightsteelblue1	0.79	0.88	1
lightsteelblue2	0.74	0.82	0.93
lightsteelblue3	0.64	0.71	0.8
lightsteelblue4	0.43	0.48	0.55
lightsteelblue	0.69	0.77	0.87
lightyellow1	1	1	0.88
lightyellow2	0.93	0.93	0.82
lightyellow3	0.8	0.8	0.71
lightyellow4	0.55	0.55	0.48
lightyellow	1	1	0.88
limegreen	0.2	0.8	0.2
linen	0.98	0.94	0.9
magenta1	1	0	1
magenta2	0.93	0	0.93
magenta3	0.8	0	0.8
magenta4	0.55	0	0.55
magenta	0.68	0.02	0.78
maroon1	1	0.2	0.7
maroon2	0.93	0.19	0.65
maroon3	0.8	0.16	0.56
maroon4	0.55	0.11	0.38
maroon	0.69	0.19	0.38
mediumaquamarine	0.4	0.8	0.67
mediumblue	0	0	0.8
mediumorchid1	0.88	0.4	1
mediumorchid2	0.82	0.37	0.93
mediumorchid3	0.71	0.32	0.8
mediumorchid4	0.48	0.22	0.55
mediumorchid	0.73	0.33	0.83
mediumpurple1	0.67	0.51	1
mediumpurple2	0.62	0.47	0.93
mediumpurple3	0.54	0.41	0.8
mediumpurple4	0.36	0.28	0.55
mediumpurple	0.58	0.44	0.86
mediumseagreen	0.24	0.7	0.44
mediumslateblue	0.48	0.41	0.93
mediumspringgreen	0	0.98	0.6
mediumturquoise	0.28	0.82	0.8
mediumvioletred	0.78	0.08	0.52
midnightblue	0.1	0.1	0.44
mintcream	0.96	1	0.98
mistyrose1	1	0.89	0.88
mistyrose2	0.93	0.84	0.82
mistyrose3	0.8	0.72	0.71
mistyrose4	0.55	0.49	0.48
mistyrose	1	0.89	0.88
moccasin	1	0.89	0.71
navajowhite1	1	0.87	0.68
navajowhite2	0.93	0.81	0.63
navajowhite3	0.8	0.7	0.55
navajowhite4	0.55	0.47	0.37
navajowhite	1	0.87	0.68
navy	0	0	0.5
navyblue	0	0	0.5
oldlace	0.99	0.96	0.9
olivedrab1	0.75	1	0.24
olivedrab2	0.7	0.93	0.23
olivedrab3	0.6	0.8	0.2
olivedrab4	0.41	0.55	0.13
olivedrab	0.42	0.56	0.14
orange1	1	0.65	0
orange2	0.93	0.6	0
orange3	0.8	0.52	0
orange4	0.55	0.35	0
orange	1	0.65	0
orangered1	1	0.27	0
orangered2	0.93	0.25	0
orangered3	0.8	0.22	0
orangered4	0.55	0.15	0
orangered	1	0.27	0
orchid1	1	0.51	0.98
orchid2	0.93	0.48	0.91
orchid3	0.8	0.41	0.79
orchid4	0.55	0.28	0.54
orchid	0.85	0.44	0.84
palegoldenrod	0.93	0.91	0.67
palegreen1	0.6	1	0.6
palegreen2	0.56	0.93	0.56
palegreen3	0.49	0.8	0.49
palegreen4	0.33	0.55	0.33
palegreen	0.6	0.98	0.6
paleturquoise1	0.73	1	1
paleturquoise2	0.68	0.93	0.93
paleturquoise3	0.59	0.8	0.8
paleturquoise4	0.4	0.55	0.55
paleturquoise	0.69	0.93	0.93
palevioletred1	1	0.51	0.67
palevioletred2	0.93	0.47	0.62
palevioletred3	0.8	0.41	0.54
palevioletred4	0.55	0.28	0.36
palevioletred	0.86	0.44	0.58
papayawhip	1	0.94	0.84
peachpuff1	1	0.85	0.73
peachpuff2	0.93	0.8	0.68
peachpuff3	0.8	0.69	0.58
peachpuff4	0.55	0.47	0.4
peachpuff	1	0.85	0.73
peru	0.8	0.52	0.25
pink1	1	0.71	0.77
pink2	0.93	0.66	0.72
pink3	0.8	0.57	0.62
pink4	0.55	0.39	0.42
pink	1	0.75	0.8
plum1	1	0.73	1
plum2	0.93	0.68	0.93
plum3	0.8	0.59	0.8
plum4	0.55	0.4	0.55
plum	0.87	0.63	0.87
powderblue	0.69	0.88	0.9
purple1	0.61	0.19	1
purple2	0.57	0.17	0.93
purple3	0.49	0.15	0.8
purple4	0.33	0.1	0.55
purple	0.63	0.13	0.94
red1	1	0	0
red2	0.93	0	0
red3	0.8	0	0
red4	0.55	0	0
red	1	0	0
rosybrown1	1	0.76	0.76
rosybrown2	0.93	0.71	0.71
rosybrown3	0.8	0.61	0.61
rosybrown4	0.55	0.41	0.41
rosybrown	0.74	0.56	0.56
royalblue1	0.28	0.46	1
royalblue2	0.26	0.43	0.93
royalblue3	0.23	0.37	0.8
royalblue4	0.15	0.25	0.55
royalblue	0.25	0.41	0.88
saddlebrown	0.55	0.27	0.07
salmon1	1	0.55	0.41
salmon2	0.93	0.51	0.38
salmon3	0.8	0.44	0.33
salmon4	0.55	0.3	0.22
salmon	0.98	0.5	0.45
sandybrown	0.96	0.64	0.38
seagreen1	0.33	1	0.62
seagreen2	0.31	0.93	0.58
seagreen3	0.26	0.8	0.5
seagreen4	0.18	0.55	0.34
seagreen	0.18	0.55	0.34
seashell1	1	0.96	0.93
seashell2	0.93	0.9	0.87
seashell3	0.8	0.77	0.75
seashell4	0.55	0.53	0.51
seashell	1	0.96	0.93
sienna1	1	0.51	0.28
sienna2	0.93	0.47	0.26
sienna3	0.8	0.41	0.22
sienna4	0.55	0.28	0.15
sienna	0.63	0.32	0.18
skyblue1	0.53	0.81	1
skyblue2	0.49	0.75	0.93
skyblue3	0.42	0.65	0.8
skyblue4	0.29	0.44	0.55
skyblue	0.53	0.81	0.92
slateblue1	0.51	0.44	1
slateblue2	0.48	0.4	0.93
slateblue3	0.41	0.35	0.8
slateblue4	0.28	0.24	0.55
slateblue	0.42	0.35	0.8
slategray1	0.78	0.89	1
slategray2	0.73	0.83	0.93
slategray3	0.62	0.71	0.8
slategray4	0.42	0.48	0.55
slategray	0.44	0.5	0.56
slategrey	0.44	0.5	0.56
snow1	1	0.98	0.98
snow2	0.93	0.91	0.91
snow3	0.8	0.79	0.79
snow4	0.55	0.54	0.54
snow	1	0.98	0.98
springgreen1	0	1	0.5
springgreen2	0	0.93	0.46
springgreen3	0	0.8	0.4
springgreen4	0	0.55	0.27
springgreen	0	1	0.5
steelblue1	0.39	0.72	1
steelblue2	0.36	0.67	0.93
steelblue3	0.31	0.58	0.8
steelblue4	0.21	0.39	0.55
steelblue	0.27	0.51	0.71
tan1	1	0.65	0.31
tan2	0.93	0.6	0.29
tan3	0.8	0.52	0.25
tan4	0.55	0.35	0.17
tan	0.82	0.71	0.55
thistle1	1	0.88	1
thistle2	0.93	0.82	0.93
thistle3	0.8	0.71	0.8
thistle4	0.55	0.48	0.55
thistle	0.85	0.75	0.85
tomato1	1	0.39	0.28
tomato2	0.93	0.36	0.26
tomato3	0.8	0.31	0.22
tomato4	0.55	0.21	0.15
tomato	1	0.39	0.28
turquoise1	0	0.96	1
turquoise2	0	0.9	0.93
turquoise3	0	0.77	0.8
turquoise4	0	0.53	0.55
turquoise	0.25	0.88	0.82
violet	0.93	0.51	0.93
violetred1	1	0.24	0.59
violetred2	0.93	0.23	0.55
violetred3	0.8	0.2	0.47
violetred4	0.55	0.13	0.32
violetred	0.82	0.13	0.56
wheat1	1	0.91	0.73
wheat2	0.93	0.85	0.68
wheat3	0.8	0.73	0.59
wheat4	0.55	0.49	0.4
wheat	0.96	0.87	0.7
white	1	1	1
whitesmoke	0.96	0.96	0.96
yellow1	1	1	0
yellow2	0.93	0.93	0
yellow3	0.8	0.8	0
yellow4	0.55	0.55	0
yellow	1	1	0
yellowgreen	0.6	0.8	0.2

Examples

Here are a few basic examples which can be executed one by one in the Tcl Shell (⌘Y).
Get list of colors:

«» colorRef names

Get a color by name

«» colorRef named lavender

Create colors in various colorspaces

«» colorRef create -space GRAY 0.2
«» colorRef create -space GRAY 0.2 0.5
«» colorRef create -space RGB 0.2 0.3 0.4
«» colorRef create -space RGB 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
«» colorRef create -space HSB 0.2 0.3 0.4
«» colorRef create -space HSB 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
«» colorRef create -space CYMK 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

Convert components between colorspaces:

«» set comps [list 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5]
«» set colToken [colorRef create -space RGB {*}$comps]
«» colorRef components -space CYMK $colToken

«» set comps [list 0.2 0.5]
«» set colToken [colorRef create -space GRAY {*}$comps]
«» colorRef components -space RGB -alpha 1 $colToken

Delete a color reference:

«» colorRef delete $colToken

Last updated 2019-10-17 13:29:19