ColorSort

ColorSort is a wrapper around the excellent TinyColor package that allows you to parse arbitrary text for colors and then sort the colors based on several criteria. ColorSort includes TinyColor 1.4 and the ColorSort.entries array is an array of TinyColor objects that have the full functionality of TinyColor!

Installation

ColorSort is designed to be friendly with Node and browser environments. You can download dist/colorsort.js and add it directly to your webpage or npm install it:

npm install --save colorsort

Usage

Both TinyColor and ColorSort try to be really permissive with input and flexible with outputs.

 
const input = `
  ColorSort takes a string and looks for color values:
  RGB: rgb(255, 0, 0), rgb(255, 255, 0), rgb(0%, 0%, 100%)
  HSL: hsl(273, 1, .5), hsl(120, 1, .5), hsl(30, 100%, 50%)
  Hex: #000, #000F, #000000, #000000FF
`;
 
let cs = new ColorSort(input);
console.log(cs.formattedValues());
// (10) ["#ff0000", "#ffff00", "#0000ff", "#8c00ff", "#00ff00", "#ff8000", "#000000", "#000000", "#000000", "#000000"]
 
cs = cs.removeDuplicates();
console.log(cs.formattedValues());
// (7) ["#ff0000", "#ffff00", "#0000ff", "#8c00ff", "#00ff00", "#ff8000", "#000000"]
 
cs.sort('red');
console.log(cs.formattedValues());
// (7) ["#ff0000", "#ffff00", "#ff8000", "#8c00ff", "#0000ff", "#00ff00", "#000000"]
 
cs.sort();
// (7) ["#ffff00", "#ff8000", "#ff0000", "#8c00ff", "#00ff00", "#0000ff", "#000000"]
 
cs.sort( [{ sort: 'red', asc: true }, { sort: 'green' }] );
console.log(cs.formattedValues());
// (7) ["#00ff00", "#0000ff", "#000000", "#8c00ff", "#ffff00", "#ff8000", "#ff0000"]
 
cs.sort('hue');
console.log(cs.formattedValues('hsl'));
// (7) ["hsl(273, 100%, 50%)", "hsl(240, 100%, 50%)", "hsl(120, 100%, 50%)", "hsl(60, 100%, 50%)", "hsl(30, 100%, 50%)", "hsl(0, 0%, 0%)", "hsl(0, 100%, 50%)"]
 
cs = new ColorSort('#000 #FFF #000').removeDuplicates().sort().formattedValues();
console.log(cs); // ["#ffffff", "#000000"]
 

API

ColorSort

ColorSort(text: String) => Object.ColorSort

ColorSort is the only variable added to the global scope (if in a browser environment) or exported (if in a node environment). It is a constructor that should be used with the new keyword and given text (as a string) to parse for colors. It returns an instanceof a ColorSort object.

 
let cs = new ColorSort('#000, #FFF');
console.log(cs instanceof ColorSort); // true
 

sort

ColorSort.sort([ options: String | Option[] ]) => Object.ColorSort

Like Array.sort(), ColorSort.sort() sorts colors in place on ColorSort.entries. The default value for the options parameter is [{ sort: 'red' }, { sort: 'green' }, { sort: 'blue' }].

Sort can use one of these strings: red, green, blue, alpha, hue, saturation, or lightness.

Sort will also accept an array of objects that represent more advanced search criteria. For example [{ sort: 'blue', asc: true }, { sort: 'red' }] will tell the sorter to sort by blue (ascending) and where it finds two blue values that are equal, to sort by red (descending).

 
let cs = new ColorSort('#0F0, #F00, #F0F');
cs.sort();
console.log(cs.formattedValues());
// ["#ff00ff", "#ff0000", "#00ff00"]
 
cs.sort('green');
console.log(cs.formattedValues());
// ["#00ff00", "#ff00ff", "#ff0000"]
 
cs.sort([{ sort: 'blue' }, { sort: 'red', asc: true }]);
console.log(cs.formattedValues());
// ["#ff00ff", "#00ff00", "#ff0000"]
 

removeDuplicates

ColorSort.removeDuplicates() => Object.ColorSort

Returns a new ColorSort object with all of the duplicate color values removed.

 
let cs = new ColorSort('#000, #000');
console.log(cs.entries.length); // 2
cs = cs.removeDuplicates();
console.log(cs.entries.length); // 1
 

formattedValues

ColorSort.formattedValues([format: String]) => String[]

Returns an array of the sorted colors in the specified format. If no format is specified, formattedValues defaults to using 'hex6'. For more information on the supported formats, check out the docs on TinyColor.toString() on TinyColor GitHub page.

 
let cs = new ColorSort('#000A');
console.log(cs.formattedValues()); // ["#000000"]
console.log(cs.formattedValues('hex6')); // ["#000000"]
console.log(cs.formattedValues('hsl')); // ["hsla(0, 0%, 0%, 0.67)"]
console.log(cs.formattedValues('rgb')); // ["rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.67)"]
 

Augmented TinyColor

In order to simplify sorting, I needed to augment the TinyColor objects with additional methods. I'm open to suggestions regarding best practices when doing this, but right now the TinyColor prototype is given these methods:

 
// Augment TinyColor's prototype for ease of sorting
const proto = tinycolor.prototype;
proto.red         = function red() { return this._r; };
proto.green       = function green() { return this._g; };
proto.blue        = function blue() { return this._b; };
proto.alpha       = function alpha() { return this._a; };
proto.hue         = function hue() { return Math.round(this.toHsl().h); };
proto.saturation  = function saturation() { return Math.round(this.toHsl().s * 100); };
proto.lightness   = function lightness() { return Math.round(this.toHsl().l * 100); };
 

So in this version, some extra features are available (and will hopefully be available in some form in future versions):

 
let cs = new ColorSort('#000000, #FF00FF, #3A8901, #BADA55');
let result = cs.entries.map(elem => elem.hue());
console.log(result); // [0, 300, 95, 74]
 

License

MIT

Contributing

PRs welcome but please file a ticket before starting a new feature. We welcome test writers.