Free color software for linux

LightZone is a proprietary photo browser and editor for Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. Its like Photoshop and The Gimp, but its easier to use and focused on photography.

LightZone photo editor features raw file support, high-fidelity color space management, color-managed printing and completely non-destructive editing

The Linux tarball is a complete binary including a manual and a Sun Java JRE. It requires no privileges and runs no install scripts.

LightZone is a proprietary photo editor developed by Light Crafts, Inc. of Palo Alto, CA.

Color Label is a service menu for KDE based on Color Folder 0.3.4 by HessiJames.

HowTo:

Extract all files and

copy colorlabel into /usr/bin/...

perhaps you need to make it executable chmod 755 /usr/bin/colorlabel

copy colorlabel.desktop to /home/~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/colorlabel.desktop

Imager::Color is a Perl module with color handling for Imager.

SYNOPSIS

$color = Imager::Color->new($red, $green, $blue);
$color = Imager::Color->new($red, $green, $blue, $alpha);
$color = Imager::Color->new("#C0C0FF"); # html color specification

$color->set($red, $green, $blue);
$color->set($red, $green, $blue, $alpha);
$color->set("#C0C0FF"); # html color specification

($red, $green, $blue, $alpha) = $color->rgba();
@hsv = $color->hsv(); # not implemented but proposed

$color->info();

if ($color->equals(other=>$other_color)) {
...
}

This module handles creating color objects used by imager. The idea is that in the future this module will be able to handle colorspace calculations as well.

new

This creates a color object to pass to functions that need a color argument.

set

This changes an already defined color. Note that this does not affect any places where the color has been used previously.

rgba

This returns the rgba code of the color the object contains.

info

Calling info merely dumps the relevant colorcode to the log.

equals(other=>$other_color)
equals(other=>$other_color, ignore_alpha=>1)

Compares $self and color $other_color returning true if the color components are the same.

Compares all four channels unless ignore_alpha is set. If ignore_alpha is set only the first three channels are compared.

You can specify colors in several different ways, you can just supply simple values:
simple numeric parameters - if you supply 3 or 4 numeric arguments, you get a color made up of those RGB (and possibly A) components.

a six hex digit web color, either RRGGBB or #RRGGBB
an eight hex digit web color, either RRGGBBAA or #RRGGBBAA.
a 3 hex digit web color, #RGB - a value of F becomes 255.
a color name, from whichever of the gimp Named_Colors file or X rgb.txt is found first. The same as using the name keyword.

You can supply named parameters:

red, green and blue, optionally shortened to r, g and b. The color components in the range 0 to 255.

# all of the following are equivalent
my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(red=>100, blue=>255, green=>0);
my $c2 = Imager::Color->new(r=>100, b=>255, g=>0);
my $c3 = Imager::Color->new(r=>100, blue=>255, g=>0);
hue, saturation and value, optionally shortened to h, s and v, to specify a HSV color. 0 new(hue=>120, value=>1, saturation=>0.5);
web, which can specify a 6 or 3 hex digit web color, in any of the forms #RRGGBB, #RGB, RRGGBB or RGB.
my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(web=>#FFC0C0); # pale red
gray or grey which specifies a single channel, from 0 to 255.
# exactly the same
my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(gray=>128);
my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(grey=>128);
rgb which takes a 3 member arrayref, containing each of the red, green and blue values.
# the same
my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(rgb=>[255, 100, 0]);
my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(r=>255, g=>100, b=>0);
hsv which takes a 3 member arrayref, containting each of hue, saturation and value.
# the same
my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(hsv=>[120, 0.5, 1]);
my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(hue=>120, v=>1, s=>0.5);

gimp which specifies a color from a GIMP palette file. You can specify the filename of the palette file with the palette parameter, or let Imager::Color look in various places, typically "$HOME/gimp-1.x/palettes/Named_Colors" with and without the version number, and in /usr/share/gimp/palettes/. The palette file must have color names.

my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(gimp=>snow);
my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(gimp=>snow, palette=>testimg/test_gimp_pal);

xname which specifies a color from an X11 rgb.txt file. You can specify the filename of the rgb.txt file with the palette parameter, or let Imager::Color look in various places, typically /usr/lib/X11/rgb.txt.

my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(xname=>blue) # usually RGB(0, 0, 255)

builtin which specifies a color from the built-in color table in Imager::Color::Table. The colors in this module are the same as the default X11 rgb.txt file.

my $c1 = Imager::Color->new(builtin=>black) # always RGB(0, 0, 0)

name which specifies a name from either a GIMP palette, an X rgb.txt file or the built-in color table, whichever is found first.

channel0, channel1, etc, each of which specifies a single channel. These can be abbreviated to c0, c1 etc.

channels which takes an arrayref of the channel values.

Optionally you can add an alpha channel to a color with the alpha or a parameter.

These color specifications can be used for both constructing new colors with the new() method and modifying existing colors with the set() method.

Color::Fade provides a Perl extension for fading text colors.

Color::Fade uses mathematical formulas to take an input string of virtually any length, and virtually any number of colors, and assign an individual color to each character to fade between each of the input colors.

In other words, it makes your sentences look really pretty.

Methods

Fade $string among the colors in @colors, where $string is a string of length greater than zero, and @colors is an array of colors in six byte hexadecimal format, with or without the leading octothorpe. @colors must have at least two elements.

When called in array context, the method returns an array in which each element is of the format:

y

For each character, where xxxxxx is a hexadecimal color code and y is one character from the original string.

When called in scalar context, this array is joined before being returned.

Resistor Color Code Calculator project calculates the value of a resistor (an electronic component).

The colors on the resistor are input into the program, and the result displays the resistance value of the resistor.

This is much easier than memorizing rhymes to remember colors.

Color::Object is a OO-Color Module.

A module for manipulation Colors within RGB, HSV and HSL color-spaces for usage within PDF-Documents especially with the Text::PDF::API modules.

SYNOPSIS

use Color::Object;

$cl = Color::Object->new;
$cl = Color::Object->newRGB($r,$g,$b);
$cl = Color::Object->newHSV($h,$s,$v);
$cl = Color::Object->newHSL($h,$s,$l);

$cl->setRGB($r,$g,$b);
$cl->addBrightness($br);
($h,$s,$l) = $cl->asHSL;

METHODS

Color::Object->new
Color::Object->newRGB $r, $g, $b
Color::Object->newHSV $h, $s, $v
Color::Object->newHSL $h, $s, $l
Color::Object->newGrey $grey
( $r, $g, $b ) = $cl->asRGB
Returns $cls rgb values. Range [0 .. 1].
( $h, $s, $v ) = $cl->asHSV
Returns $cls hsv values. Ranges h [0 .. 360], s/v [0 .. 1].
( $h, $s, $l ) = $cl->asHSL
Returns $cls hsl values. Ranges h [0 .. 360], s/l [0 .. 1].
$grey = $cl->asGrey
$grey = $cl->asGrey2
Returns $cls grey value. Range [0 .. 1]. Functions 2 returns the geometric mean of the corresponding RGB values.
( $c, $m, $y )= $cl->asCMY
Returns $cls cmy values. Range [0 .. 1].
( $c, $m, $y, $k )= $cl->asCMYK
( $c, $m, $y, $k )= $cl->asCMYK2
( $c, $m, $y, $k )= $cl->asCMYK3
Returns $cls cmyk values. Range [0 .. 1]. Function 2 returns a 25% lighter color-equivalent. Function 3 returns a 25% lighter color-equivalent.
$hex = $cl->asHex
Returns $cls rgb values as 6 hex-digits.
$cl->setRGB $r, $g, $b
Sets the $cls rgb values. Valid range [0 .. 1].
$cl->setHSV $h, $s, $v
Sets the $cls hsv values. Valid ranges: h [0..360], s/v [0..1].
$cl->setHSL $h, $s, $l
Sets the $cls hsl values. Valid ranges: h [0..360], s/l [0..1].
$cl->setGrey $grey
Sets the $cls grey value. Valid range [0 .. 1].
$cl->setHex $hex
Sets the $cls rgb values using 6 hex-nibbles.
$cl->addSaturation $saturation
Adds to the $cls saturation in the HSV model. Valid range [-1 .. 1].
$cl->setSaturation $saturation
Sets the $cls saturation in the HSV model. Valid range [0 .. 1].
$cl->rotHue $degrees
Rotates the $cls hue in the HSV/L model. Valid range [-360 .. 360].
$cl->setHue $hue
Sets the $cls hue in the HSV/L model. Valid range [0 .. 360].
$cl->addBrightness $brightness
Adds to the $cls brightness in the HSV model. Valid range [-1 .. 1].
$cl->setBrightness $brightness
Sets the $cls brightness in the HSV model. Valid range [0 .. 1].
$cl->addLightness $lightness
Adds to the $cls lightness in the HSL model. Valid range [-1 .. 1].
$cl->setLightness $lightness
Sets the $cls lightness in the HSL model. Valid range [0 .. 1].

True Color Picker is a PHP class that can be used to present a palette to let the user pick colors.

It displays an image with all the tones for the user to pick by clicking in an image point with the desired tone similar to Photoshop.

It uses AJAX to update the picker boxes without reloading the page.

Argyll is an experimental ICC-compatible color management system. Argyll Color Management System supports accurate ICC profile creation for scanners, CMYK printers, film recorders, and display monitors.
Spectral sample data is supported, allowing a selection of illuminants observer types, and paper fluorescent whitener additive compensation. Profiles can also incorporate source-specific gamut mappings for perceptual and saturation intents.
Gamut mapping and profile linking uses the CIECAM02 appearance model, a unique gamut mapping algorithm, and a wide selection of rendering intents.
It also includes code for a fast, portable 8-bit raster color conversion engine, as well as support for fast, fully accurate 16-bit conversion. Device color gamuts can also be viewed and compared using a VRML viewer.
Enhancements:
- Support for the USB-based X-Rite DTP94 (AKA Optix) display colorimeter.
- Comprehensive display control adjustment and calibration support.
- Full multi-monitor support for display adjustment, calibration, and profiling on all supported operating systems (MS Windows, OS X, and Linux/X11). Numerous bugfixes, and many minor feature additions and improvements.