Last Updated on July 10, 2021
Agave is a very simple application for the GNOME desktop that allows you to generate a variety of color schemes from a single starting color.
Choose a starting color by clicking on the color button or selecting a color from the palette, and then select a scheme type from the combo box. The generated scheme is then displayed in the main window.
Agave was previously known as GNOME Colorscheme.
Features include:
- Generate 6 different types of color schemes: Complements, Split Complements, Triads, Tetrads, Analogous, and Monochromatic.
- Select a color that’s displayed anywhere on the screen (“dropper” tool).
- Easily change the lightness or saturation of a color scheme with a toolbar button.
- Copy the hexstring (e.g. “#336699”) of a color to the clipboard for use in CSS and HTML files.
- Save your favorite colors to a ‘Favorites’ list for easy reference and export your favorites as a Gimp Palette file.
- Navigate back and forward through history of previously selected colors.
- Choose colors from a palette of pre-defined “web-safe” colors (more palettes to come soon).
- Drag and Drop between Agave and the Gimp, as well as many other programs.
- Generate a random color scheme if you’re stuck and need some inspiration.
- User interface translated into English, Dutch, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Czech, and Bulgarian.
Website: launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/agave
Support:
Developer: Jonathon Jongsma
License: GNU GPL
Agave is written in C++. Learn C++ with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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Just use a package manager like Synaptic. Many distributions still carry Agave in their repositories.
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