Coloraide
Advanced color picking and color management tools.
đ¨ Coloraide - Advanced Color Picker for Blender
A powerful Blender addon that enhances color picking and management capabilities with advanced features like normal color sampling, LAB color space support, and dynamic color variations. Available in the Image Editor, 3D Viewport, and Clip Editor.
⨠Features
đ Core Color Picking
Quick Pick (Backslash
\)- Press and hold for real-time sampling
- Live preview of pixel and area average
- Customizable sampling area size
Screen Picker
- Flexible sampling areas (1Ă1 to custom)
- Color statistics (mean, median, min, max)
- Live preview window
- Multiple preset sizes
đď¸ Normal Color Sampling
- Sample colors from object normals in 3D view
- Support for both object space and tangent space
- Real-time preview during sampling
- UV map support for tangent space sampling
- Seamless integration with brush tools
- Works in both 3D View and UV Editor
đŻ Color Spaces & Display
đĄ Color Wheel
- Dynamic size adjustment
- Real-time preview
- Value slider integration
đ Multiple Color Spaces
- RGB (0-255)
- LAB (L: 0-100, a/b: -128 to +127)
- Hex (#RRGGBB)
- Photoshop-matching conversions
đ Color History
- 8-80 slots (configurable)
- Duplicate prevention
- Grid display
- Quick color reuse
đď¸ Tool Integration
Brush Support
- Compatible with Grease Pencil brushes
- Works with Texture Paint brushes
- Supports unified color settings
Color Dynamics
- Random color variations during strokes
- Adjustable strength (0-100%)
- Real-time preview
đť System Requirements
- Blender 4.2.0+
- OpenGL graphics card
đ Quick Start Guide
- Quick Pick: Hold
\to activate, move cursor to sample, release to confirm - Screen Picker: Select size, use eyedropper, pick color
- Normal Sampling: Enable in panel, choose space type, hover over surfaces
- Color Dynamics: Set strength percentage, paint normally
- History: Click to reuse colors, use +/- to adjust grid size
đ¨ Color Space Usage
| Space | Range | Input Method |
|---|---|---|
| RGB | 0-255 | Sliders/Direct |
| LAB | L: 0-100, a/b: Âą128 | Sliders |
| Hex | #000000-#FFFFFF | Text input |
đĽ Credits
Created by longiy & Spencer Magnusson
Licensed under GNU GPL v3.0
đ Links
đ Version Info
Current: 1.2.0
- ⨠Normal color sampling
- đ Improved LAB accuracy
- đ Enhanced history management
- đŻ Added tangent space support
What's New
1.2.0 January 18th, 2025
- Added Normal Sampler
Absolutely fantastic add-on. I feel like the only person in the world using Blender Texture Painting mode, and this just made that a whole lot easier. Bonus feature is the addition of a stroke colour jitter. Perfect.