🎨 Colorize

A versatile Bash script to print text in true color (24-bit) directly in your terminal, specified by HEX or RGB values. Includes options for generating color shades and complementary colors.

Installation

1. Make the script executable:

   chmod +x colorize

2. Move it to a directory in your PATH:

   sudo mv colorize /usr/local/bin/

Usage

colorize [options] [<text...>] <color>

Options (case-insensitive)

• -s, --shades: Display the color, plus 5 darker and 5 lighter shades.
• -c, --complementary: Display the complementary color.
• -cs, -sc: Enable both shades and complementary modes.
• -t, --text <string>: Specify the text to color. Overrides positional text.

Examples

Basic Usage

# Using a HEX color
colorize 'Hello, World!' '#4285F4'

# Using an RGB color
colorize 'This is red.' '255,0,0'

Generate Shades

# Get 11 shades of a color using the default text
colorize -s ff7f50

Show Complementary Color

colorize --complementary 'Base and Complement' '008080'

Combine Shades & Complementary

colorize -cs 'All the colors!' 4B0082

Specify Text with a Flag

colorize -s --text "My text here" C51077