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# color-tools README

color-tools is a Ruby library to provide RGB, CMYK, and other colourspace support to applications that require it. It also provides 152 named RGB colours. It offers 152 named RGB colours (184 with spelling variations) that are commonly supported and used in HTML, SVG, and X11 applications. A technique for generating a monochromatic contrasting palette is also included.

Version 1.3 offers significant enhancements over color-tools 1.2, and a plan for an incompatible change to the library.

- Colours that were defined in the Color namespace (e.g., Color::Red, Color::AliceBlue) are now defined in Color::RGB (e.g., Color::RGB::Red, Color::RGB::AliceBlue). They are added back to the Color namespace on the first use of the old colours and a warning is printed. In version 1.4, this warning will be printed on every use of the old colours. In version 1.5, the backwards compatible support for colours like Color::Red will be removed completely.
- A CSS colour name module has been added. It is based on the Color::RGB predefined colours. It is called with "Color::CSS[color]". The provided colour name will be looked up ignoring case so that "DarkSalmon" and "darksalmon" (and :darksalmon) are the same value. This makes it easier on web or SVG developers who wish to be able to manipulate a colour based on a CSS colour name.
- A new predefined colour namespace has been added for RGB metallic colours (Color::Metallic, in color/rgb/metallic), suggested by Jim Freeze <jfn@freeze.org>.
- A new colour space, Color::HSL (hue, saturation, and luminosity) has been added with some helper methods to Color::RGB for colour manipulation.
- Added unit tests and fixed various little bugs.

## Copyright

Copyright 2005 by Austin Ziegler

Color::Palette was developed based on techniques described by Andy "Malarkey" Clarke[1], implemented in JavaScript by Steve G. Chipman at SlayerOffice[2] and by Patrick Fitzgerald of BarelyFitz[3] in PHP.

## Licence

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Soft- ware"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

- The names of its contributors may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

1
  www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk/archives/creating_colour_palettes.html
2
  slayeroffice.com/tools/color_palette/
3
  www.barelyfitz.com/projects/csscolor/

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