Django Colors ============= Author: Maxime Haineault (max@motion-m.ca) http://motion-m.ca/projets/django-colors/ http://code.google.com/p/django-colors/ Introduction ============ Django colors is a small django app that we created to make our life easier while designing websites with the Django framework. The app consist of a set of template filters which can manipulate hexadecimal colors. For example, you can easily increase or decrease the lightness or the saturation of a color: Template usage example ---------------------- {% load colors %} <b style="background:#00ffff;">Lorem</b> <b style="background:#{{ "00ffff"|lightness:"40" }};">Ipsum</b> <b style="background:{{ "0ff"|opposite|hex_to_rgb:"rgb(%d,%d,%d)" }};"> Dolor</b> {# Rendered #} <b style="background:#00ffff;">Lorem</b> <b style="background:#006666;">Ipsum</b> <b style="background:rgb(255, 0, 0);">Dolor</b> Installation ============ There is two ways to install this library. You can install it system wide or use it within your project. System wide installation ------------------------ sudo python setup.py install Local installation ------------------ Simply add the "colors" folder in your PYTHONPATH or copy it in your project folder. Django setup ============ 1 Add 'colors' to your INSTALLED_APPS in settings.py 2. In your template load it using {% load colors %} 3. That's it !