Color picker blog post

3-colorpickers.yml

type: rating
title: JavaScript Color Pickers
user: bebraw
slug: javascript-color-pickers
includes: [nativeColorPicker, colorjoe, Flexi Colorpicker, SimpleColor, ExColor, JavaScript Colorpicker, Farbtastic, mooRainbow, jPicker]
body: |
  If you are building an application that deals with graphics somehow, you are likely going to need a color picker. Fortunately
  there are quite a few of those available for JavaScript. *HTML5 includes `color` input type even*. One color picker, aptly
  named **nativeColorPicker**, provides a shim for Internet Explorer so that you have got all bases covered. Other pickers
  available are more specialized.

  One example of these is **colorjoe**. That is a widget I developed myself after getting frustrated with existing alternatives.
  My primary goals were to make it scaleable using CSS (no images needed) and make it easy to adjust. I think I succeeded in
  these goals quite well. [David Durman's](http://www.daviddurman.com/) **Flexi** shares the goal of avoiding images. It is actually a lot lighter than
  `colorjoe` (19k vs. 4k. minified) though given its modular nature it should be possible to get rid of some of that fat
  if needed.

  Besides these three there are quite a few pickers available. Enjoy the listing below for some. If you are missing your
  favorite, let us know and we'll add it to the catalog!

footer: |
  I hope you managed to find a picker fitting your needs. You might find a few additional ones on our
  [colorpicker listing](http://jster.net/tag/colorpicker). This post just represents the state at the time of writing.
  Happy hacking!