When I get a new color to set in my Android app, I never know how to call it.

I used the website Name That Color for years, and I wanted to have it integrated inside Android Studio, so I ported its JS library to Kotlin and built this IntelliJ plugin around it.

Besides its long list of colors, users requested to add the material colors names, so we can now name our colors as material colors as well.

This plugin lets you insert a name for a color you copy-paste or type in an android resource file.

Two options are available: Clipboard and Quick Fix.

When you copy your color to add it in your app, you can use CONTROL+SPACE instead of pasting it to insert directly the right <color> tag.

You can insert "aaa" and an error warning in the form of a Quick Fix will show up so you can replace "aaa" with its own <color name="silver_chalice">#aaa</color> tag by using ALT+ENTER.

The Plugin accepts all formats of colors allowed in Android (lowercase or uppercase), and you don't need to prefix your color with "#":

• Color
  • abc -> #abc
  • #abc -> #abc
  • aBc -> #aBc
  • ab12dc -> #ab12dc
  • #ab12dc -> #ab12dc
• Alpha + Color
  • 6abc -> #6abc
  • #6abc -> #6abc
  • 60ab12dc -> #60ab12dc
  • #60ab12dc -> #60ab12dc

If you chose to use "Name that color", this list of colors is used. If the exact color is not found, the algorithm will find the closest match, if possible.

• Color
  • abc -> <color name="casper">#abc</color>
  • ab12dc -> <color name="electric_violet">#ab12dc</color>
• Alpha + Color
  • 6abc -> <color name="casper_alpha_40">#6abc</color>
  • 60ab12dc -> <color name="electric_violet_alpha_38">#60ab12dc</color>
• Alpha(%) + Color
  • 40%abc -> <color name="casper_alpha_40">#66AABBCC</color>
  • 38%ab12dc -> <color name="electric_violet_alpha_38">#61AB12DC</color>

If you chose to use "Name that material color", this list of material colors is used. If the exact color is not found, the algorithm will find the closest match, if possible.

• Color
  • abc -> <color name="blue_grey_200">#abc</color>
  • ab12dc -> <color name="purple_a700">#ab12dc</color>
• Alpha + Color
  • 6abc -> <color name="blue_grey_200_alpha_40">#6abc</color>
  • 60ab12dc -> <color name="purple_a700_alpha_38">#60ab12dc</color>
• Alpha(%) + Color
  • 40%abc -> <color name="blue_grey_200_alpha_40">#66AABBCC</color>
  • 38%ab12dc -> <color name="purple_a700_alpha_38">#61AB12DC</color>

In Android Studio, open Settings > Plugins > Browse Plugins and type "name that color".

I'd like to thank aednlaxer for submitting bugs and ideas!

This plugin is released under the: Creative Commons License: Attribution 2.5 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/