elfalto / ColorName

An Arduino library for spelling out color's names

ColorName

An Arduino library for spelling out color's names. Idea is simple, pass red, green and blue or RGB hex to get back closest color name. Takes up a lot of memory, so be careful in memory management.

Using the Library

• Download this GitHub library.
• In Arduino, Goto Sketch -> Include Library -> Add .ZIP Library... and point to the zip file downloaded.

Include the library

#include <ColorName.h>

Passing Red, Green and Blue values

int red = 255, int green= 0, blue =0;
Serial.println(ColorNameString(red, green, blue));

Serial will print

Red

Passing RGB HEX

Serial.println(ColorNameString(0xff0000));

Serial will print

Red