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Gray Gradient Texture

  1. function rect(x1, y1, x2, y2, col, blur = 0.1) {
  2.   const dx = x1 - x2;
  3.   const dy = y1 - y2;
  4.   const dist = Math.sqrt(dx * dx + dy * dy);
  5.   return `radial-gradient(circle at ${x1}% ${y1}%, ${col} 0, ${col} ${dist}%, transparent ${dist +
  6.     blur}%)`;
  7. }
  8. const blends = 'multiply,screen,overlay,darken,lighten,color-dodge,color-burn,hard-light,soft-light,difference,exclusion,hue'.split(
  9.   ','
  10. );
  11. const cols = ['black', 'white'];
  12.  
  13. function gen() {
  14.   [...document.querySelectorAll('div')].forEach(d =>
  15.     d.parentNode.removeChild(d)
  16.   );
  17.   for (let j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
  18.     const rects = [];
  19.     for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
  20.       const x = Math.random() * 100;
  21.       const y = Math.random() * 100;
  22.       const s = Math.random() * Math.random() * Math.random() * 30 + 3;
  23.       const col = cols[~~(Math.random() * cols.length)];
  24.       rects.push(rect(x, y, x + s, y + s, col, Math.random() * 10));
  25.     }
  26.     const el = document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
  27.     el.style.backgroundImage = rects.join(', ');
  28.     el.style.mixBlendMode = blends[~~(Math.random() * blends.length)];
  29.   }
  30. }
  31. gen();
  32.  
  33. document.body.innerHTML += `
  34.   <button id="regen">Regenerate</button>
  35.   <style>
  36.     body, html {
  37.       height: 100%;
  38.       background: #ccc;
  39.       margin: 0;
  40.       background-repeat: no-repeat;
  41.       width: 100%;
  42.     }
  43.     div {
  44.       position: absolute;
  45.       top: 0; left: 0;
  46.       width: 100%;
  47.       height: 100%;
  48.     }
  49.     #regen {
  50.       position: absolute;
  51.       width: 100px;
  52.       height: 30px;
  53.       background: #ccc;
  54.       border: 1px solid white;
  55.       margin: 1em;
  56.       cursor: pointer;
  57.       transition: all 250ms ease-out;
  58.       z-index: 999;
  59.     }
  60.     #regen:hover { background: #333; color: white; }
  61.   </style>
  62. `;
  63.  
  64. regen.onclick = gen;

Playing around some more with lots of linear gradients.

Interesting Color Picker

  1. document.addEventListener('touchmove', e => e.preventDefault(), {
  2.   passive: false
  3. });
  4.  
  5. document.body.innerHTML += `
  6. <style>
  7.   * {
  8.     -moz-user-select: none;
  9.     -webkit-user-select: none;
  10.     -ms-user-select: none;
  11.     user-select: none;
  12.   }
  13.   body {
  14.     background: #333;
  15.   }
  16.   .select-box {
  17.     border: 1px solid white;
  18.     outline: 1px solid black;
  19.   }
  20.   .swatch {
  21.     border: none;
  22.     outline: none;
  23.   }
  24. </style>
  25. `;
  26.  
  27. const col = document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
  28. Object.assign(col.style, {
  29.   position: 'absolute',
  30.   left: 0,
  31.   top: 0,
  32.   width: '100%',
  33.   height: '200px',
  34.   background:
  35.     `linear-gradient(0, black 0%, transparent 50%, transparent 50%, white 100%), 
  36.      linear-gradient(90deg, #ff0000, #ffff00, #00ff00, #00ffff, #0000ff, #ff00ff, #ff0000)`
  37. });
  38.  
  39. const swatches = document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('div'));
  40. Object.assign(swatches.style, {
  41.   position: 'absolute',
  42.   top: '200px',
  43.   left: 0,
  44.   width: '100%'
  45. });
  46.  
  47. function box(x, y, cls = 'select-box', parent = document.body) {
  48.   const box = parent.appendChild(document.createElement`div`);
  49.   box.classList.add(cls);
  50.   Object.assign(box.style, {
  51.     position: 'absolute',
  52.     left: `${x}%`,
  53.     top: `${y}px`,
  54.     width: '40px',
  55.     height: '40px',
  56.     background: 'none',
  57.     transform: 'translate(-50%, -50%)',
  58.     cursor: 'pointer',
  59.  
  60.     color: 'white'
  61.   });
  62.   return box;
  63. }
  64.  
  65. function touch(e) {
  66.   let x = e.clientX;
  67.   let y = e.clientY;
  68.   if (e.touches != null && e.touches.length > 0) {
  69.     x = e.touches[0].clientX;
  70.     y = e.touches[0].clientY;
  71.   }
  72.   return { x, y };
  73. }
  74.  
  75. document.addEventListener('touchstart', onDown);
  76. document.addEventListener('touchmove', onMove);
  77. document.addEventListener('touchend', onUp);
  78. document.addEventListener('mousedown', onDown);
  79. document.addEventListener('mousemove', onMove);
  80. document.addEventListener('mouseup', onUp);
  81.  
  82. let down = false;
  83. let currBox;
  84. let currSwatch;
  85. let swatchHeight = 30;
  86. let id = 0;
  87.  
  88. function toHSL(x, y) {
  89.   let deg = x * 360;
  90.   return `hsl(${deg}deg, 100%, ${100 - y / 2}%)`;
  91. }
  92.  
  93. function onDown(e) {
  94.   let { x, y } = touch(e);
  95.   down = true;
  96.   let hPercent = x / innerWidth;
  97.   let color = toHSL(hPercent, y);
  98.   if (e.target.classList.contains('swatch')) {
  99.     e.target.style.outline = '2px solid red';
  100.     e.target.style.zIndex = 999;
  101.     down = false;
  102.     setTimeout(() => {
  103.       if (confirm('Would you like to remove this swatch?')) {
  104.         currBox = document.querySelector(
  105.           `.select-box[data-id="${e.target.dataset.id}"]`
  106.         );
  107.  
  108.         if (currBox != null) {
  109.           currBox.parentNode.removeChild(currBox);
  110.           e.target.parentNode.removeChild(e.target);
  111.         }
  112.       } else {
  113.         e.target.style.outline = null;
  114.         e.target.style.zIndex = null;
  115.       }
  116.     }, 250);
  117.   } else if (e.target.classList.contains('select-box')) {
  118.     currBox = e.target;
  119.     c = document.querySelector(`.swatch[data-id="${currBox.dataset.id}"]`);
  120.   } else {
  121.     currBox = box(hPercent * 100, y);
  122.     currBox.dataset.id = id++;
  123.     currSwatch = box(0, 0, 'swatch', swatches);
  124.     currSwatch.dataset.id = currBox.dataset.id;
  125.     Object.assign(currSwatch.style, {
  126.       width: '100%',
  127.       position: 'relative',
  128.       height: `${swatchHeight}px`,
  129.       transform: 'none',
  130.       background: color
  131.     });
  132.   }
  133. }
  134.  
  135. function onMove(e) {
  136.   if (down) {
  137.     let { x, y } = touch(e);
  138.     let hPercent = x / innerWidth;
  139.     let color = toHSL(hPercent, y);
  140.     Object.assign(currBox.style, {
  141.       left: `${hPercent * 100}%`,
  142.       top: `${y}px`
  143.     });
  144.     currSwatch.style.background = color;
  145.   }
  146. }
  147.  
  148. function onUp(e) {
  149.   down = false;
  150.   currBox = null;
  151. }

Click anywhere on the spectrum to add a color… color boxes can be dragged, color swatches can be deleted by clicking on them…

Just something that popped into my head awhile back so figured I’d do a speed-coded prototype. I’d like to revisit this and add more to it.

CSS Color Picker Gradient

  1. const col = document.body.appendChild(
  2.   document.createElement('div')
  3. );
  4. Object.assign(col.style, {
  5.   position: 'absolute',
  6.   left: 0, top: 0,
  7.   width: '100%',
  8.   height: '200px',
  9.   background: 'linear-gradient(90deg, #ff0000, #ffff00, #00ff00, #00ffff, #0000ff, #ff00ff, #ff0000)'
  10. });

CSS gradient that cycles hue – useful for a colorpicker. This is the main part of the snippet:

linear-gradient(90deg, #ff0000, #ffff00, #00ff00, #00ffff, #0000ff, #ff00ff, #ff0000)
// color // css // dom // javascript

Easy Hex Color Invert

  1. let color = 0xFFFF00;
  2.  
  3. function toHexString(col) { 
  4.   return '#' + ('000000' + col.toString(16)).substr(-6);
  5. }
  6.  
  7. function onClick() {
  8.   // invert the color
  9.   color ^= 0xFFFFFF;
  10.   document.body.style.background = toHexString(color);
  11. }
  12.  
  13. onClick();
  14.  
  15. document.addEventListener('click', onClick);
  16.  
  17. console.log('try a different initial color');
  18. console.log('click anywhere to invert background...');

Easily invert a hex color. Expanding on yesterdays post – just one of many reasons you may want to work with colors in their integer form.

// color // hex // javascript // math // tricks

Integers to Colors

  1. function toHexString(col) { 
  2.   return '#' + ('000000' + col.toString(16)).substr(-6);
  3. }
  4.  
  5. document.body.style.background = toHexString(0x275ba1);
  6.  
  7. console.log("#275ba1 as an integer:", 0x275ba1);
  8. console.log("#ff0000 as an integer:", 0xff0000);

Convert an integer in hex (like 0xff0000) to a usable hex string "#ff0000".

// color // hex // javascript // math
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