Coloridadd - generate SVG shapes representing colors

Coloridadd is a script to generate SVG shapes representing colors, using the ColorAdd code developped by Miguel Neiva. The ColorAdd code is a monochromatic Graphical Code allowing colorblind to recognize colors.

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FAQ

Prerequisites

You must install python, which is available for almost every plateforms from which you would wish to generate SVG shapes.

How to use this ø$%*µ§! script?

Specify the pigments you want to encode as options to the script.

• Output the SVG representing the dark brown color on the standard ouput: ./coloridadd --red --blue --yellow --black
• Output the shape encoding silver to the "silver.svg" file: ./coloridadd --grey --shine --output silver.svg
• Show the help./coloridadd --help

  Usage: coloridadd [options]
  
  Options:
    -h, --help            show this help message and exit
    -r, --red             add red pigment
    -b, --blue            add blue pigment
    -y, --yellow          add yellow pigment
    -k, --black           add black pigment
    -e, --grey            add grey pigment
    -s, --shine           add the "shine" special pigment
    -o FILE, --output=FILE
                          write shape to FILE instead of standard output
    -p FILE, --primitives=FILE
                          use FILE as the SVG file containing primitives
  

How do I open the SVG?

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an XML file format for two-dimensional vector graphics. You can read SVG documents on a lot of softwares, among which most of the modern web-browsers. See the corresponding support section on Wikipedia for a list of available softwares.

Coloridadd SVG has been tested with inkscape, which is the recommended way of viewing the shapes and exporting them to other formats.

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Coloridadd is released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.

See the sourceforge project page if you want to participate or get more informations.