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abyrate/colorist
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Package for color manipulation

v2.0.2(7y ago)110MITPHPPHP >=7.1

Since Jan 19Pushed 7y ago2 watchersCompare

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Colorist
========

[](#colorist)

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This package allows you to convert and manage color models.

Supported color models
----------------------

[](#supported-color-models)

- RGB (RGBA)
- HEX (HEXA)
- html colors names

> Short hex code is supported (#001122, #012, #00112233, #0123)

> List of names colors you can see [here](https://github.com/abyrate/colorist/blob/master/src/Models/Name.php#L26)

In the plans
------------

[](#in-the-plans)

- HSL (HSLA)
- HSV (HSVA)
- CMYK
- Lab

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 7.1

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Run command

```
$ composer require abyrate/colorist

```

Or add the following in your root composer.json file:

```
{
	"require": {
		"abyrate/colorist": "~2.0"
	}
}
```

and run command:

```
$ composer update

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

> If you change the values of any model, the rest are automatically updated

### Create

[](#create)

```
// Create an object in the standard way
$color = new \Abyrate\Colorist('rgb(55,191,0)');

// Create using static method
$color = \Abyrate\Colorist::create('rgb(55,191,0)');
```

Supported syntax:

- 'rgb(0,0,0)' - rgb model
- 'rgba(0,0,0,0)' - rgb model with alpha channel
- '#000000' - hex model
- '#00000000' - hex model with alpha channel
- 'orange' - name model

Range of channels:

- r, g, b - 0-255 (in the hex 00-ff)
- alpha - 0-1 (float value. In the hex 00-ff)

### Get

[](#get)

#### Channels

[](#channels)

```
$colorist->getChannel('red');   // get red channel
$colorist->getChannel('green'); // get green channel
$colorist->getChannel('blue');  // get blue channel
$colorist->getChannel('alpha'); // get alpha channel
$colorist->getChannel('hex');   // get hex code (e.g. #15af45)
$colorist->getChannel('hexa');  // get hex code with alpha (e.g. #15af4505)
$colorist->getChannel('name');  // get color name (e.g. orange)
```

#### Models

[](#models)

```
$colorist->get('rgb');  // get rgb string (e.g. 15,156,10)
$colorist->get('rgba'); // get rgb string with alpha channel (e.g. 15,156,10,0.3)
$colorist->get('hex');  // get rgb in the hex format string (e.g. #15af45)
$colorist->get('hexa'); // get rgb with alpha channel in hex string (e.g. #15af4505)
$colorist->get('name'); // get color name (e.g. orange)
```

### Set

[](#set)

#### Channels

[](#channels-1)

```
$colorist->setChannel('red', 15);           // set red channel
$colorist->setChannel('green', 20);         // set green channel
$colorist->setChannel('blue', 25);          // set blue channel
$colorist->setChannel('alpha', 0.3);        // set alpha channel
$colorist->setChannel('hex', '#004');       // set hex code
$colorist->setChannel('hexa', '#00112233'); // set hex code with alpha
$colorist->setChannel('name', 'orange');    // set color name
```

#### Models

[](#models-1)

```
$colorist->set('rgb', 'rgb(0,15,36)');       // set rgb string
$colorist->set('rgba', 'rgb(0,15,36, 0.1)'); // set rgb string with alpha channel
$colorist->set('hex', '#123');               // set rgb in the hex format string
$colorist->set('hexa', '#1234');             // set rgb with alpha channel in hex string
$colorist->set('name', 'orange');            // set color name (e.g. orange)
```

[API documentation](https://abyrate.github.io/colorist/)

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 84.2% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~17 days

Recently: every ~42 days

Total

11

Last Release

2866d ago

Major Versions

v1.1.1 → v2.0.02018-07-09

### Community

Maintainers

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