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How do you use it?

Using this library is very simple! Just use the ColorSeq namespace in any piece of code you want to use the library, as in: using ColorSeq;

This library contains several functions that you can make use of in your console application:

  • Building a Color instance that supports RGB and 255-color modes

  • Getting console color information from the 255-color mode

  • Simulating color-blindness during compilation

Building a Color instance

You can build your own Color instance for usage in your console application. There are various ways to build it:

  • Color(int R, int G, int B)

  • Color(ConsoleColors ColorDef)

  • Color(int ColorNum)

  • Color(string ColorSpecifier)

The ColorSpecifier can be of the syntax:

  • <num>

    • <num> should be of the range between 0 and 255

  • <rrr>;<ggg>;<bbb>

    • <rrr>, <ggg>, and <bbb> should be of the range between 0 and 255

  • #000000

    • Hexadecimal representation of the color for HTML fans

  • <ColorName>

    • Color name from ConsoleColors enumeration

Getting console color information

You can get detailed information about the console color ranging from 0 to 255 by making a new instance of the ConsoleColorsInfo class:

  • ConsoleColorsInfo(ConsoleColors ColorValue)

Simulating color-blindness

This feature is not available in the Rust port of this library.

In the ColorTools static class, it contains several color blindness simulation tools that you can use:

  • EnableColorTransformation

    • Enables the color transformation to adjust to color blindness upon making a new instance of color

  • EnableSimpleColorTransformation

    • Enables the simple color transformation. This changes formula from Brettel 1997 (value is false) to Vienot 1999 (value is true)

  • ColorDeficiency

    • Specifies the type of color blindness (Protan, Deutan, and Tritan)

  • ColorDeficiencySeverity

    • Specifies the severity of the color deficiency ranging between 0.0 and 1.0 from lowest to highest

After you change these values, the next time you make a new instance of Color, you'll notice that the resulting color is shifted to adjust to color-blindness.

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