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Resource: Color Picker Utility
- Basic Use
- Advanced Use
Discussion

Resource: Color Picker Utility

The Color Picker will be available for as an option selection when working with

Grapic
- Text
- Image
- Icon pack
- Shadow
- Shape
- Dynamic image
- Background
- Filter

The utility will appear, unchanged, as shown below in each of these occurrences.

Basic Use

It is easy, and very basic, for interaction to be solely visual. That is … tap the gradient color block numeric-1-circle-outline, drag to change the hues numeric-2-circle-outline, and use the “slider” to choose a level of transparency numeric-3-circle-outline. The ARGB dialog numeric-5-circle-outline will automatically reference the selection's hex number accurately. Then click “OK” numeric-7-circle-outline to select the color and “OK” to confirm and advance.

Color Picker Utility	Element Descriptions

Advanced Use

Total Launcher's Color Picker shows ARGB hex value by using a slider or … by direct entry of a value into the ARGB dialog , pinpoint accuracy will be achieved. To learn more

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To break down the ARGB value:

A - Alpha channel (AA######)
R - Red channel (##RR####)
G - Green channel (####GG##)
B - Blue channel (######BB)

External sources

Frequently a reference is made to Alpha levels as a percentage. This cheat chart below shows how to make any Color Picker ARGB value show the Alpha channel by changing the “A” of ARGB to an Alpha value which is frequently expressed as a percentage while leaving the RGB portion as default.
If alpha is expressed as an actual number, such as 77, that number represents its position within the 0–255 range. The transparency percentage is 77/255, or about 30%. This is the simplest way to understand and set alpha levels when using ARGB values in Total Launcher’s Color Picker

The result, as seen in the diagram below, shows opaque to transparent view.

Sample Color Showing Alpha Percentages	Alpha Cheat Sheet Hex: FB00FA37
Alpha	Transparency %	Description
FF	100% opaque	Solid
E6	90%	Solid
CC	80%	Solid
B3	70%
99	60%
80	50%	Semi-solid
66	40%	Semi-solid
4D	30%	Medium
33	20%	Light
1A	10%	Very light
00	0% transparent

How to Pin Point Specific ARGB Colors for Total Launcher's Color Picker

There are many methods available, but two are offered here for their easy of use:

Digital image is available
- With a file, the website for the imaging program Canva offers image import and color palette ideas. An example of Total Launcher's logo imported to that page is here
Non-digital image (photo, magazine, device screen, etc.)
- This source does require an Android app: Color Picker by Mikhail Gribanov which is available on the Google Play Store.

Table of Contents

Resource: Color Picker Utility

Basic Use

Advanced Use

External sources

How to Pin Point Specific ARGB Colors for Total Launcher's Color Picker