Hello, it would be very useful to add a text field in the native color picker to edit the color as HEX string.
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I’ve been thinking about this feature for a bit. The issue is that it’ll be less and less useful in the future. As far as I can tell most of the time HEX values for colors are used is for describing 8-bit sRGB colors. As more and more monitors standardize on DCI-P3 or higher color spaces, and 10-bit color, the usefulness of these old color values goes down.
As a dev that works with Ad Agencies to build out from their designs. This is a much needed native feature. Most of the time I am working off figma, PSD, or AI files. Having to convert colors is a big pain in the ass. Luckily @dylanroscover created a hexler which is a component you can copy any hex value into and it converts it to an RBG field you can copy and paste from. But I would still love to see the option natively in the color palette in TD.
Direct Download link: https://github.com/dylanroscover/TDComponents/raw/main/release/hexler-v0.1.5.tox
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Figma prioritizes hex, and for good reason (it’s simple and easy!):
@malcolm I totally get where you’re coming from, however I don’t see hex going away anytime soon, as for UI it’s accurate “enough”.
From a UX perspective, it’s quicker to copy/paste a hex code than it is to set a vec3 for rgb. Accuracy is one thing, however I think in this thread we’re speaking to improving the UX in TouchDesigner… hex is among the lowest hanging fruit for that.
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It would great to have a conversation about the needs of folks doing UI/UX with TD and see if there isn’t a roadmap of features that could be added for that subgroup of TD users. We may be fewer but likely purchases more licenses on a regular bases for permanent installs. Kiosk, Interactive LED Walls, Trade Show Games, etc.
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Hex can be assumed to come from sRGB, however, it seems Oklch is gaining traction very quickly.
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Just dropping my +1 here.
Still would be very welcome as at least at the moment I do still get hex codes 90% of the time.
Ok thanks for the feedback. I’ll take a closer look at it.
I’ve added oklab in one spot, for the Ramp TOP interpolation. I do see those color spaces being added more in other places.
I can’t find examples of Oklch using HEX though. The CSS pages use floats for their examples of using Oklch, unless I missed it.
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Ah, what I meant is that Oklch could eventually replace the HSL controls in the dialog so we can have wider gamuts available in there. As for HEX conversion, there is a color explorer here: OKLCH Color Picker & Converter , however, I can’t vouch for its correctness. The W3C standards put the HEX notation firmly in sRGB land (CSS Color Module Level 4), just like rgb(), so it looks like it should be: HEX → sRGB components → Working Color Space