Color Lab v2.0

Updated! New features & bug fix. View colored text on chosen color; View/Edit HTML & VB hex codes; View/Edit RGB & HSL values; sample colors from the screen (point or average); pick from standard color dialog (saves custom colors); Blend two colors; adjust brightness of color. Easy to use! Source code is commented. With thanks to Paul Mather & Matt Hart! (See ‘API Declarations’ for more details… 😉

Original Author: Dan Redding – Blue Knot Software

API Declarations

‘This is a little program I whipped up because a friend
‘had 50,000 different links to HTML color chart webpages.
‘It has since been expanded to show VB color codes, RGB _and_
‘HSL values, and much much more! Enjoy!
‘
‘– It displays any color, showing you all 16 text colors
‘ with the color as background
‘
‘– It displays the HTML hex code and the VB hex code for
‘ that color.
‘
‘– It will show you the individual Red/Green/Blue values
‘ that make up the color (useful if you need to use the
‘ color in another graphics program such as PhotoShop)
‘
‘– It will show you the hue/saturation/luminance values
‘ for the color (useful for fine-tuning a color) (Hue is
‘ the tint of a color, saturation is the ‘richness’ of a
‘ color (0 is gray), and luminance is the brightness)
‘
‘– You can change the HTML, VB, RGB & HSL values and
‘ instantly see the new color.
‘
‘– You can pick a color off of a standard color dialog box
‘ (it even saves the ‘custom colors’ between sessions)
‘
‘– You can pick a color by sampling a point on the screen
‘ (make sure the color is showing before you do, if you try
‘ to minimize a window after you start, you’ll just get the
‘ color of the minimize button instead!)
‘
‘– You can sample a 5×5 square around the cursor to get the
‘ average color that you ‘see’ (that may not actually be in
‘ any individual pixel).
‘
‘– There are quick color samples to click to adjust the
‘ brightness +/- 5, 10, 15 or 20 percent.
‘
‘NEW! BlendBar: Click the top or bottom square to move the current
‘ color into that ‘anchor’ color. The bar between will ‘blend’
‘ the two colors with 15 distinct shades between them. Click on
‘ the bar itself to select a blended color as the current color.
‘
‘The buttons are all labeled with pictures not words, but you can
‘hold the mouse over the button to see what it does.

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