# Color picker

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/color-picker/98928>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 19, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/color-picker/98928 "2006-07-19T02:42:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Clayton\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Clayton\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Clayton_C)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/color-picker/98928/1 "2006-07-19T02:42:16Z")

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Is there any plugin or ajax controls for picking colors?

Was looking around

Couldn’t find anything

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**Author:** ![Clayton\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Clayton\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Clayton_C)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/color-picker/98928/2 "2006-07-19T02:48:42Z")

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On 7/18/06, Clayton C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Is there any plugin or ajax controls for picking colors?
> 
> Was looking around
> 
> Couldn’t find anything

In case you can’t find something Rails specific…

[http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/examples/slider/rgb2.html?mode=dist](http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/examples/slider/rgb2.html?mode=dist)

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**Author:** ![Clayton\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Clayton\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Clayton_C)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/color-picker/98928/3 "2006-07-19T03:10:28Z")

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It’s not an AJAX color picker, but I quickly wrapped it in an  
application helper and it works pretty good for simple color picking,  
depending on your needs:

> **[Tigra Color Picker](http://www.softcomplex.com/products/tigra_color_picker/)**
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> Tigra Color Picker - Free JavaScript widget that makes it easy for your visitors to fill out color value field(s) by selecting the color from a popup palette.

Jeremy

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**Author:** ![Clayton\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Clayton\_C](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Clayton_C)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/color-picker/98928/4 "2006-11-07T11:00:40Z")

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Clayton, you probably already figured this one out, but regardless, I  
found  
this one to be super easy to implement (not rails specific):  
[http://www.flooble.com/scripts/colorpicker.php](http://www.flooble.com/scripts/colorpicker.php)

You can see how I implemented it in this screencast if you want:  
[http://rightcart.com/signup/screencast\_customization](http://rightcart.com/signup/screencast_customization)