Spectrum

The No Hassle Colorpicker

See the demo and docs: http://bgrins.github.io/spectrum.

I wanted a colorpicker that didn't require images, and that had an API that made sense to me as a developer who has worked with color in a number of applications. I had tried a number of existing plugins, but decided to try and make a smaller, simpler one.

I started using canvas, then switched to CSS gradients, since it turned out to be easier to manage, and provided better cross browser support.

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Head over to the docs for more information. There is a visual demo of the different options hosted at: http://bgrins.github.io/spectrum.

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Spectrum is registered as package with npm. It can be installed with:

npm install spectrum-colorpicker

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Spectrum is registered as a package with Bower, so it can be pulled down using:

bower install spectrum

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CDN provided by cdnjs

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Visit https://travis-ci.org/bgrins/spectrum to view the status of the automated tests.

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If you'd like to download and use the plugin, head over to http://bgrins.github.io/spectrum/ and click the 'Download Zip' button.

If you'd like to run the development version, spectrum uses Grunt to automate the testing, linting, and building. Head over to http://gruntjs.com/getting-started for more information. First, clone the repository, then run:

npm install -g grunt-cli
npm install

# runs jshint and the unit test suite
grunt

# runs jshint, the unit test suite, and builds a minified version of the file.
grunt build

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If you are able to translate the text in the UI to another language, please do! You can do so by either filing a pull request or opening an issue with the translation. The existing languages are listed at: https://github.com/bgrins/spectrum/tree/master/i18n.

For an example, see the Dutch translation.