pastel-gradient(1)
β¨ NAME β¨
okay so bestie, meet pastel-gradient β it generates an interpolating sequence of colors π like, it literally makes a whole lil family of colors that lives between the colors you give it.
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
pastel gradient [-n|--number] [-s|--colorspace] [-h|--help] <color>
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
so here's the tea π« β you hand it some colors, and it generates a sequence of colors that interpolates between the specified colors. the interpolation is performed in the specified color space. no cap, that's the whole job and it does it flawlessly π
Example:
pastel gradient --colorspace=HSL ffffcc fd8d3c
pastel gradient 555ee4 white d84341 -n 15
see how you can just vibe in any colorspace you want? obsessed. π
π OPTIONS π
-n,--number <count>[default:10] β how many colors you want to generate. yes, this is the "Number of colors to generate" knob, and yes, you should absolutely crank it up π₯-s,--colorspace <name>[default:Lab] β the colorspace in which to interpolate. pick your fighter β¨
Possible values:
LabLChRGBHSLOkLab
-h,--helpβ Print help (see a summary with-h). the classic "help me bestie" button π<color>β Color stops in the color gradient. these are your anchor points, the main characters of the whole gradient arc π
reminder that the colorspace you pick is the one doing the interpolating, so choose it on purpose, not on accident, iykyk π
and that's the whole page, bestie!! π this lil love letter comes from the gradient source, manual entry pastel-gradient(1), straight outta the General Commands Manual β no date on this one so don't come for me, it's giving timeless π«Ά π
π¦ where this page comes from
- epel 9: pastel 0.12.0-3.el9 Β· (MIT OR Apache-2.0) AND MIT AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (BSD-2-Clause OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Unlicense OR MIT)
- fedora 43: pastel 0.12.0-3.fc43 Β· (MIT OR Apache-2.0) AND MIT AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (BSD-2-Clause OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Unlicense OR MIT)
- fedora 44: pastel 0.12.0-3.fc44 Β· (MIT OR Apache-2.0) AND MIT AND Unicode-DFS-2016 AND (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (BSD-2-Clause OR Apache-2.0 OR MIT) AND (Unlicense OR MIT)
- ubuntu stonking: pastel 0.12.0-2 Β· MIT OR Apache-2.0
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms