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ericpugh/handy-colors
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Get the human name of a color and other handy color utilties

1.1.0(6y ago)0551MITPHP ^7.3

Since Jan 7Compare

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###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

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 ~1073 days

Total

2

Last Release

2336d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.4.0

1.1.0PHP ^7.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4057e5277a31e748071a770ab95c977eac626a876ac8b130fc988d5cbfd0fc33?d=identicon)[ericpugh](/maintainers/ericpugh)

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Tags

phpimagecolorutilsutilitiestoolkitpalettehandy

###  Code Quality

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