Release 5 ✨️ (v.1.0.2)

Updates

• Added settings for optionally limiting number of colors able to be saved, default is unlimited* (up to 16,000 individual colors)
• Added settings for adjusting the number of columns that colors are displayed in, up to 100 columns
• Modified menu layout so that settings fluidly adjust based on Window dimension changes
• Bug fixes

Contents:

• ColorSelector DLL and NuGet package
• ColorSelectorStandalone executable, which functions as a standalone application for using the Color Selector

Release 4 ✨️ (v.1.0.1)

Release 4 ✨️ (v.1.0.1)

Updates

• Added dynamic resize feature to the 3D color model display
• Redesigned the menu as a TabControl-based layout, for better usability and enhanced vertical/horizontal layout mode support
• Optimized data structures storing working set color information - slight performance boost
• Bug fixes
• Set versioning values and variables in project settings

Contents:

• ColorSelector DLL and NuGet package
• ColorSelectorStandalone executable, which functions as a standalone application for using the Color Selector

Features:

• .JSON file import and export support for loading and saving colors
• Drag-and-drop support for loading .JSON files when drag-dropping over the Presets and Custom color selectors
• Dynamic application scale controls, allowing the user to increase the scale of the entire interface if needed.
• Versatile color selector with modern user interface (UI) and emphasis on user experience (UX)
• JSON
• 3D interactive RGB and HSV color models with click-drag and mouse-wheel support for edit actions.
• Menu with options to control visibility of individual color editor components
• Clipboard paste support for hexadecimal color strings - paste directly into the Control at any location
• Ability to define a custom set of preset colors and save custom colors at runtime
• Supports RGB, HSL, and HSV color modes, with hexadecimal RGBA string support
• Error-checking for input fields with validation feedback
• Minimal code footprint (two main files - ColorSelector.cs and Themes/Generic.xaml)
• Easy to import as a control library into other WPF projects
• Completely customizable, based on ControlTemplates
• Functions well in nearly any window size, from narrow-wdith window to full-screen

Release 3 ✨️

Release 3 ✨️

Updates

• JSON file import/export support for loading/saving color selections
• Drag/drop support for JSON files -> drag a file over the presets or saved colors to load either section
• Interface scaling feature to uniformly increase or decrease the layout of the application
• Horizontal-mode interface layout option
• ICommandable ControlTemplate parts now have ICommand support, instead of routed event handlers

Contents:

• ColorSelector DLL and NuGet package
• ColorSelectorStandalone executable, which functions as a standalone application for using the Color Selector

Features:

• .JSON file import and export support for loading and saving colors
• Drag-and-drop support for loading .JSON files when drag-dropping over the Presets and Custom color selectors
• Dynamic application scale controls, allowing the user to increase the scale of the entire interface if needed.
• Versatile color selector with modern user interface (UI) and emphasis on user experience (UX)
• JSON
• 3D interactive RGB and HSV color models with click-drag and mouse-wheel support for edit actions.
• Menu with options to control visibility of individual color editor components
• Clipboard paste support for hexadecimal color strings - paste directly into the Control at any location
• Ability to define a custom set of preset colors and save custom colors at runtime
• Supports RGB, HSL, and HSV color modes, with hexadecimal RGBA string support
• Error-checking for input fields with validation feedback
• Minimal code footprint (two main files - ColorSelector.cs and Themes/Generic.xaml)
• Easy to import as a control library into other WPF projects
• Completely customizable, based on ControlTemplates
• Functions well in nearly any window size, from narrow-wdith window to full-screen

Notes:

After testing a couple of pre-releases, this version should work suitably well as a workflow tool.

Release 2 ✨️

Release 2 ✨️

Updates

• Fixed floating-point arithmetic error in HSV color processing algorithm
• Added NUnit testing project with test fixtures for input validation and color processing algorithms
• Implemented 3D HSV cone model with interactive mouse controls
• Added button to delete saved custom colors
• Added animations to menu and color list items

Contents:

• ColorSelector DLL and NuGet package
• ColorSelectorStandalone executable, which functions as a standalone application for using the Color Selector

Features:

• Versatile color selector with modern user interface (UI) and emphasis on user experience (UX)
• 3D interactive RGB and HSV color models with click-drag and mouse-wheel support for edit actions.
• Menu with options to control visibility of individual color editor components
• Clipboard paste support for hexadecimal color strings - paste directly into the Control at any location
• Ability to define a custom set of preset colors and save custom colors at runtime
• Supports RGB, HSL, and HSV color modes, with hexadecimal RGBA string support
• Error-checking for input fields with validation feedback
• Minimal code footprint (two main files - ColorSelector.cs and Themes/Generic.xaml)
• Easy to import as a control library into other WPF projects
• Completely customizable, based on ControlTemplates
• Functions well in nearly any window size, from narrow-wdith window to full-screen

Notes:

Marking as pre-release since the testing infrastructure for the application is still in development; production-ready release is pending completion of test code. The pre-release should work reasonably well but may contain undetected flaws.

Release 1 ✨️

Release 1 ✨️

Contents:

• ColorSelector DLL and NuGet package
• ColorSelectorTestApp executable, which functions as a standalone application for using the Color Selector

Features:

• Versatile color selector with modern user interface (UI) and emphasis on user experience (UX)
• 3D interactive RGB and HSV color models with click-drag and mouse-wheel support for edit actions.
• Menu with options to control visibility of individual color editor components
• Clipboard paste support for hexadecimal color strings - paste directly into the Control at any location
• Ability to define a custom set of preset colors and save custom colors at runtime
• Supports RGB, HSL, and HSV color modes, with hexadecimal RGBA string support
• Error-checking for input fields with validation feedback
• Minimal code footprint (two main files - ColorSelector.cs and Themes/Generic.xaml)
• Easy to import as a control library into other WPF projects
• Completely customizable, based on ControlTemplates
• Functions well in nearly any window size, from narrow-wdith window to full-screen

Notes:

Marking as pre-release since the testing infrastructure for the application is still in development; production-ready release is pending completion of test code. The pre-release should work reasonably well but may contain undetected flaws.