NAME¶

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

SYNOPSIS¶

pastel [-m|--color-mode] [-f|--force-color] [--color-picker] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] <subcommands>

DESCRIPTION¶

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

OPTIONS¶

-m, --color-mode <mode>

Specify the terminal color mode: 24bit, 8bit, off, *auto*

-f, --force-color

Alias for --mode=24bit

--color-picker

Use a specific tool to pick the colors

[possible values: gpick, xcolor, wcolor, grabc, colorpicker, chameleon, kcolorchooser, zenity, yad, hyprpicker, gdbus]

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

SUBCOMMANDS¶

pastel-color(1)

Display information about the given color

pastel-list(1)

Show a list of available color names

pastel-random(1)

Generate a list of random colors

pastel-distinct(1)

Generate a set of visually distinct colors

pastel-sort-by(1)

Sort colors by the given property

pastel-pick(1)

Interactively pick a color from the screen (pipette)

pastel-format(1)

Convert a color to the given format

pastel-paint(1)

Print colored text using ANSI escape sequences

pastel-gradient(1)

Generate an interpolating sequence of colors

pastel-mix(1)

Mix two colors in the given colorspace

pastel-colorblind(1)

Simulate a color under a certain colorblindness profile

pastel-set(1)

Set a color property to a specific value

pastel-saturate(1)

Increase color saturation by a specified amount

pastel-desaturate(1)

Decrease color saturation by a specified amount

pastel-lighten(1)

Lighten color by a specified amount

pastel-darken(1)

Darken color by a specified amount

pastel-rotate(1)

Rotate the hue channel by the specified angle

pastel-complement(1)

Get the complementary color (hue rotated by 180°)

pastel-gray(1)

Create a gray tone from a given lightness

pastel-to-gray(1)

Completely desaturate a color (preserving luminance)

pastel-textcolor(1)

Get a readable text color for the given background color

pastel-colorcheck(1)

Check if your terminal emulator supports 24-bit colors.

pastel-help(1)

Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

VERSION¶

v0.11.0