jquery-color: A JavaScript repository from jameynakama

#jQuery.Color() Check out Color Library on jQuery UI Planning Wiki for more information about the new API in this branch

##Animated colors

The main purpose of this plugin to animate color properties on elements using jQuery's .animate()

Supported Properties

backgroundColor, borderBottomColor, borderLeftColor, borderRightColor, borderTopColor, color, outlineColor

Example Use

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>
div {
background-color:#bada55;
width:100px;
border:1px solid green;
}
</style>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.6.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.color.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<button id="go">Simple</button>
<button id="sat">Desaturate</button>
  <div id="block">Hello!</div>
<script>
$("#go").click(function(){
  $("#block").animate({
      backgroundColor: "#abcdef"
  }, 1500 );
});
$("#sat").click(function(){
  $("#block").animate({
      backgroundColor: $.Color({ saturation: 0 })
  }, 1500 );
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

##The $.Color Function Object The $.Color() function allows you to create and manipulate color objects that are accepted by jQuery's .animate() and .css() functions via supplied cssHooks.

Returns a new Color object, similar to $() or $.Event
Accepts many formats to create a new Color object with a $.Color.fn prototype

###Example uses:

// Parsing String Colors:
jQuery.Color( "#abcdef" );
jQuery.Color( "rgb(100,200,255)" );
jQuery.Color( "rgba(100,200,255,0.5)" );
jQuery.Color( "aqua" );

// Creating Color Objects in Code:
// use null or undefined for values you wish to leave out
jQuery.Color( red, green, blue, alpha );
jQuery.Color([ red, green, blue, alpha ]);
jQuery.Color({ red: red, green: green, blue: blue, alpha: alpha });
jQuery.Color({ hue: hue, saturation: saturation, lightness: lightness, alpha: alpha });

// Helper to get value from CSS
jQuery.Color( element, cssProperty );

##jQuery.Color.fn / prototype / the Color Object methods

###Getters / Setters:

red()             // returns the "red" component of the color ( Integer from 0 - 255 )
red( val )        // returns a copy of the color object with the red set to val
green()           // returns the "green" component of the color from ( Integer from 0 - 255 )
green( val )      // returns a copy of the color object with the green set to val
blue()            // returns the "blue" component of the color from ( Integer from 0 - 255 )
blue( val )       // returns a copy of the color object with the blue set to val
alpha()           // returns the "alpha" component of the color from ( Float from 0.0 - 1.0 )
alpha( val )      // returns a copy of the color object with the alpha set to val
hue()             // returns the "hue" component of the color ( Integer from 0 - 359 )
hue( val )        // returns a copy of the color objec with the hue set to val
saturation()      // returns the "hue" component of the color ( Float from 0.0 - 1.0 )
saturation( val ) // returns a copy of the color objec with the hue set to val
lightness()       // returns the "hue" component of the color ( Float from 0.0 - 1.0 )
lightness( val )  // returns a copy of the color objec with the hue set to val
// all of the above values can also take strings in the format of "+=100" or "-=100"

rgba() // returns a rgba "tuple" [ red, green, blue, alpha ]
// rgba() setters: returns a copy of the color with any defined values set to the new value
rgba( red, green, blue, alpha )
rgba({ red: red, green: green, blue: blue, alpha: alpha })
rgba([ red, green, blue, alpha ])

hsla() // returns a HSL tuple [ hue, saturation, lightness, alpha ]
// much like the rgb setter - returns a copy with any defined values set
hsla( hue, saturation, lightness, alpha ) 
hsla({ hue: hue, saturation: saturation, lightness: lightness, alpha: alpha ) 
hsla([ hue, saturation, lightness, alpha ])

###String Methods: toRgbString() // returns a css string "rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)" toHslString() // returns a css string "hsla(330, 75%, 25%, 1)" toHexString( includeAlpha ) // returns a css string "#abcdef", with "includeAlpha" uses "#rrggbbaa" (alpha *= 255)

###Working with other colors: transition( othercolor, distance ) // the color distance ( 0.0 - 1.0 ) of the way between this color and othercolor blend( othercolor ) // Will apply this color on top of the other color using alpha blending is( othercolor ) // Will determine if this color is equal to all defined properties of othercolor

##jQuery.Color properties

##Internals on The Color Object

Internally, RGBA values are stored as color._rgba[0] = red, color._rgba[1] = green, color._rgba[2] = blue, color._rgba[3] = alpha. However, please remember there are nice convenient setters and getters for each of these properties.
undefined/null values for colors indicate non-existence. This signals the transition() function to keep whatever value was set in the other end of the transition. For example, animating to $.Color([ 255, null, null, 1 ]) would only animate the red and alpha values of the color.

###jQuery.Color.names A list of named colors is stored on the $.Color.names object. The value they contain should be parseable by $.Color(). All names on this object should be lowercased. I.E. $.Color("Red") is the same as doing $.Color( $.Color.names["red"] );

There is also a named color "_default" which by default is white, this is used for situations where a color is unparseable.

###"transparent" A special note about the color "transparent" - It returns null for red green and blue unless you specify colors for these values.

$.Color("#abcdef").transition("transparent", 0.5)

Animating to or from the value "transparent" will still use "#abcdef" for red green and blue.

##HSLA Support

If a color is created using any of the HSLA functions or parsers, it will keep the _rgba array up to date as well as having a _hsla array. Once an RGBA operation is performed on HSLA, however, the _hsla cache is removed and all operations will continue based off of rgb (unless you go back into HSLA). The ._hsla array follows the same format as ._rbga, [hue, saturation, lightness, alpha ]. If you need to build an HSLA color from an HSLA array, $.Color().hsla( array ) works for that purpose.

Colors with 0 saturation, or 100%/0% lightness will be stored with a hue of 0

##Extensibility

It is possible for you to add your own functions to the color object. For instance, this function will tell you if its better to use black or white on a given background color.

// method taken from https://gist.github.com/960189
$.Color.fn.contrastColor = function() {
    var r = this._rgba[0], g = this._rgba[1], b = this._rgba[2];
    return (((r*299)+(g*587)+(b*144))/1000) >= 131.5 ? "black" : "white";
};

// usage examples:
$.Color("#bada55").contrastColor(); // "black"
element.css( "color", $.Color( element, "backgroundColor" ).contrastColor() );

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Supported Properties

Example Use