====== Total Launcher Color Picker Guide: HSV & Hex Customization ====== Mastering the **Total Launcher Color Picker utility** is essential for advanced Android UI customization. This tool becomes available whenever modifying color properties for interface **Graphic** objects which include: * Text * Image * Icon pack * Shadow * Shape * Dynamic image * Background * Filter The utility appears identical across these occurrences, ensuring a unified design workflow throughout the launcher. **► Color Picker Utility** {{:ui:ui-color_picker-v4.webp?direct&300|Total Launcher v4 Color Picker Utility}} The **Total Launcher Color Picker utility** facilitates selecting and customizing hexadecimal codes for various elements, including graphics, text, images, shapes, and backgrounds. With the release of **Total Launcher v4.0**, the interface introduces a precise **HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value)** selector with **Alpha transparency control**, completely replacing the legacy ARGB wheel system. This guide covers basic use, hex breakdown, and color matching workflows. ===== Basic Use ===== Interact using the sliders or by entering a hexadecimal directly. Adjusting the HSV sliders automatically updates the displayed 8-character hex code in real time. ===== Interface Elements ===== * **Mode Selection:** - Radio buttons to choose between **Default** (standardized colors) and **Custom** (manual adjustments). * **Hexadecimal Display/Input:** - A highlighted box displaying the current color code in an 8-character format (e.g., ''#FFFFD700''). The first two characters represent the Alpha channel, while the remaining six represent the RGB values. This box allows for direct text input by tapping it. * **Hue Slider:** - A rainbow-gradient slider used to select the base color tone. Values range numerically. * **Saturation Slider:** - Adjusts the intensity or purity of the color, ranging from 0% (grayscale with pigment stripped away) to 100% (full color). * **Value Slider:** - Adjusts the brightness or luminance of the color, ranging from 0% (black) to 100% (full brightness). * **Alpha Slider:** - Controls the transparency level, ranging from 0% (fully transparent) to 100% (fully solid and opaque). * **Recent Colors Palette:** - A horizontal row of circular swatches displaying recently used colors. To copy a color from an existing element, open the Color Picker for that element and select ''OK''. The color will be added to the front of this palette for future access. * **Checkerboard Swatches (Default Mode):** - Swatches with a checkerboard pattern provide immediate visual confirmation that the selection is semi-transparent, guaranteeing that background layers will bleed through. * **Auto-Save (Custom Mode):** - When a custom color is finalized by selecting OK, the utility automatically pushes that exact configuration into the recent row, eliminating the need to repeatedly copy and paste hex codes when matching elements. * **Cancel / OK:** - Discard or confirm the selection. ===== Optimal Workflow for Real Use ===== * **Step 1:** Bypass the Hue slider entirely during initial adjustments. * **Step 2:** Advance the **Value slider** to 100% to restore full illumination. * **Step 3:** Advance the **Saturation slider** to 100% to restore full pigment intensity. * **Step 4:** View the vivid color track before adjusting the **Hue slider** or reducing levels to achieve exact pastel, deep tone, or shaded variations. For more explanation of alpha hex and percentages, ++++click here| ===== Primer For Alpha HEX and Percentages ===== The Color Picker displays the exact value using an 8-character hexadecimal format. Pinpoint accuracy can be achieved by directly entering a specific value into the input box. To break down the ARGB value: * **A** - Alpha channel (AA######) * **R** - Red channel (##RR####) * **G** - Green channel (####GG##) * **B** - Blue channel (######BB) === Understanding Percentages === Frequently, a reference is made to Alpha levels as a percentage. The 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 a transition from opaque to transparent. {{ :ui:ui-color-hex-alpha_values.webp?150}} ^ Sample Color Showing\\ Alpha Percentages ^ Alpha Cheat Sheet\\ Hex: FB00FA37\\ {{:ui:ui-color-hex-alpha_values-base_fb00fa37.webp?50}} ^ | Alpha | Transparency % | Description | | FF | 100% | Solid | | E6 | 90% | ::: | | CC | 80% | Solid | | B3 | 70% | ::: | | 99 | 60% | ::: | | 80 | 50% | Semi-solid | | 66 | 40% | ::: | | 4D | 30% | Medium | | 33 | 20% | Light | | 1A | 10% | Very light | | 00 | 0% | Transparent | ++++ ===== How to Pinpoint Specific Colors ===== There are many methods available to identify specific hex codes, but these two are the most practical for launcher customization: * **Extracting from Digital Images:** Upload an image to a website offering color palette extraction (like {{https://www.canva.com/colors/color-palette-generator/|Canva}}). An example of Total Launcher's logo imported to that page is ++here|{{:ui:ui-resource-color_picker-canva_tl_logo.webp?direct&400}}++. * **Extracting from Device Screens:** Utilize a dedicated Android application to extract hexadecimal codes directly from your display. [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gmikhail.colorpicker&pcampaignid=web_share|Color Picker by Mikhail Gribanov]] is a highly recommended utility available on the Google Play Store. {{page>site:site-footer-comment_feedback_block}}