Chroma-Palette

A light-weight utility for coloring your terminal. 0 dependencies. Default is a preselected color output from the 256 color palette, chosen to enhance legibility.

Features:

• Chainable using the push() method without having to call chromaPalette more than once.
• 0 dependencies.
• Has internal function to print all 256 color options.
• Fully customizable.
• Has internal properties to provide easier formatting.
• Has examples. Run node <path to node_modules>/chroma-palette/examples/<example>

Table of Contents

1. Install
2. Usage
3. Properties
4. Methods

Install

npm i chroma-palette 

Usage

Default (256-Color Set):

Default is a preselected color output from the 256 color palette, chosen to enhance legibility.

const chromaPalette = require('chroma-palette')

// chaining content with push()
console.log(
  chromaPalette
    .cyan.push('Hello')
    .space.magenta.paint('World!') // here space adds a literal space to elements
);
// chaining
console.log(
  chromaPalette
    .blue.whiteBg.bold.paint('Hello World!')
);
// combine
console.log(
  chromaPalette.blue.paint('Hello ') + chromaPalette.bold.paint('World') + '!'
);
// template literal
console.log(
  `${chromaPalette.blue.paint('Hello')} ${chromaPalette.bold.paint('World')}!`
);

16-Color Set Support:

If you need to alter the output of the colors to support the 16-color set.

const { ChromaPalette } = require('chroma-palette')
// change profile to 16
const chromaPalette = new ChromaPalette({ profile:'16' })

// output will be the cyan from the 16-color palette
console.log(
  chromaPalette
    .cyan.paint('Hello World!')
);

Custom-Color Set Support:

If you want to change the output of various colors.

const { ChromaPalette } = require('chroma-palette')
// change any color by { [COLOR]:'[NUMBER FROM 256]' }
const chromaPalette = new ChromaPalette({ red:'196' })

// output will be the custom red chosen
console.log(
  chromaPalette
    .red.paint('Hello World!')
);

View the 256 Color Palette:

Helpful when choosing custom colors.

const chromaPalette = require('chroma-palette')

// output the 256-color palette
console.log(
  chromaPalette
    .palette.paint()
);

Properties

Formatters:

• space - Will output a space after calling paint().
• enter - Will output a return character after calling paint().

Modifiers:

• dim - Small amount of light.
• underscore - Underline text.
• blink - Blink.
• reverse- Reverse.
• hidden - Hides text.
• bold - Bold text.

Color:

• blue - Blue text.
• cyan - Cyan text.
• purple - Purple text.
• magenta - Magenta text.
• red - Red text.
• orange - Orange text.
• yellow - Yellow text.
• green - Green text.
• white - White text.
• black - Black text.
• blueBg - Blue background.
• cyanBg - Cyan background.
• purpleBg - Purple background.
• magentaBg - Magenta background.
• redBg - Red background.
• orangeBg - Orange background.
• yellowBg - Yellow background.
• greenBg - Green background.
• whiteBg - White background.
• blackBg - Black background.

Methods

Functions:

• push(string) - Pushes the string to the elements and resets colors | modifiers. Makes chromaPalette chainable without having to call chromaPalette multiple times.
• paint(string) - Outputs the created string. Must be called after everything else to return the string.