#!/bin/bash # # License: MIT # # A script to easily pick a color on a wayland session by using: # slurp to select the location, grim to get the pixel, convert # to make the pixel a hex number and zenity to display a nice color # selector dialog where the picked color can be tweaked further. # # The script was possible thanks to the useful information on: # https://www.trst.co/simple-colour-picker-in-sway-wayland.html # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/320070/is-there-a-colour-picker-that-works-with-wayland-or-xwayland/523805#523805 # showhelp() { echo "A basic wlroots compatible color picker script." echo "" echo "Usage:" echo " wl-color-picker [command] [options]" echo "" echo "Commands:" echo " clipboard Copy color to clipboard without dialog" echo " --no-notify Don't show a system notification of copied color" } CLIPBOARD=0 NO_NOTIFY=0 while [ "$1" ]; do case $1 in '-h' | '--help' | 'help' | '?' ) showhelp exit ;; 'clipboard' ) CLIPBOARD=1 ;; '--no-notify' ) NO_NOTIFY=1 ;; esac shift done # Check if running under wayland. if [ "$WAYLAND_DISPLAY" = "" ]; then zenity --error --width 400 \ --title "No wayland session found." \ --text "This color picker must be run under a valid wayland session." exit 1 fi # Get color position position=$(slurp -b 00000000 -p) # Sleep at least for a second to prevet issues with grim always # returning improper color. sleep 1 # Store the hex color value using graphicsmagick or imagemagick. if command -v /usr/bin/gm &> /dev/null; then color=$(grim -g "$position" -t png - \ | /usr/bin/gm convert - -format '%[pixel:p{0,0}]' txt:- \ | tail -n 1 \ | rev \ | cut -d ' ' -f 1 \ | rev ) else color=$(grim -g "$position" -t png - \ | convert - -format '%[pixel:p{0,0}]' txt:- \ | tail -n 1 \ | cut -d ' ' -f 4 ) fi if [ $CLIPBOARD -eq 1 ]; then echo $color | wl-copy -n if [ $NO_NOTIFY -ne 1 ]; then notify-send "Color copied to clipboard." $color fi else # Display a color picker and store the returned rgb color rgb_color=$(zenity --color-selection \ --title="Copy color to Clipboard" \ --color="${color}" ) # Execute if user didn't click cancel if [ "$rgb_color" != "" ]; then # Convert rgb color to hex hex_color="#" for value in $(echo "${rgb_color}" | grep -E -o -m1 '[0-9]+'); do hex_color="$hex_color$(printf "%.2x" $value)" done # Copy user selection to clipboard echo $hex_color | wl-copy -n fi fi