Command Line MagicJan 27, 2023

Ever want to quickly see a hex color value from the command line? Try using ImageMagick display and making a easy to use function to call it.

showcolor() { display -size 400x400 xc:"#${1}"; }
showcolor 6823AF

Show threadThom Zane

@climagic You can view colors directly on the command line with pastel or colorpedia.

pastel color 6823AF

https://github.com/sharkdp/pastel

color hex 6823AF

https://github.com/joowani/colorpedia

GitHub - sharkdp/pastel: A command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors

A command-line tool to generate, analyze, convert and manipulate colors - sharkdp/pastel

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Show threadoylenshpeegulJan 27, 2023

@thomzane @climagic pastel is great! Nice find!

In rainbow-mode, Emacs shows the colors in place.