gradient-gauss

A library to generate a color in a gradient using a Gaussian function. The gradient gauss library is provided a range of numbers and will then calculate the respective color for a given number with the range.

Simple demo showing the changes the gradient when certain parameters are tweaked.

Getting Started

Download the package via NPM

npm install gradient-gauss 

import GradientGauss from 'gradient-gauss

or

const GradientGauss = require('gradient-gauss');

Examples

let gradient = new GradientGauss(1, 100); // Instantiate gradient gauss with a range of  1-100
let color = gradient.getColor(50); // Get the color for value 50

Options can be provided to GradientGauss to modify the behavior when calculating the colors. The following are the values that can be provided via the options:

• min: the minimum value of your range
• max: the maximum value of your range
• outputFormat: the result format of the color. Options are either 'rgba' (for an rgba string) or 'array' (for an array in the format [r,g,b,a])
• redCenterFactor: the location of the red bell curve center within the range provided
• blueCenterFactor: the location of the blue bell curve center withiin the range provided
• greenCenterFactor: the location of the green bell curve center withini the range provided
• rangeDivisor: the number by which the number range will be divided the color bell curve widths

Note: The min and max options are not be used during instantiation. Check the documentation for more information on the options and default values.

options = {
    outputFormat: 'array',
    rangeDivisor: 4
};

let gradient = new GradientGauss(1, 100, options);

Options can also be provided to the getColors function as one-time overrides. For permanent changes to the values, provide those options during instantiation.

options = {
   max: 50,
};

new GradientGauss(1, 100).getColor(25, options);

Refer to the documentation for more information.

Documentation

Basic documentation
More to come.

License

Licensed under the MIT license.