# Fooidge/PleaseJS

JavaScript Library for creating random pleasing colors and color schemes

Repository: https://github.com/Fooidge/PleaseJS
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pleasejs
Language: JavaScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2018-08-31T20:55:19+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4448, "days_push": 2924, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2267, forks 152 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:32.800357+00:00)

## What it is
PleaseJS is a small JavaScript library that generates random aesthetically pleasing colors and color schemes using the HSV color space and the golden ratio. It offers two core functions, make_color and make_scheme, with many options for controlling hue, saturation, value, and output format.

## Use cases
- generate random colors for a web UI
- create a color palette from a base color
- generate triadic or complementary color schemes
- produce consistent pleasing colors for data visualization
- generate random hex or rgb strings for CSS
- create greyscale color variations programmatically

## When to choose
- you need random but visually pleasing colors in a JavaScript project
- you want to build color schemes from a single base color
- you need flexible output formats like hex, rgb, or hsv objects

## When to avoid
- you need precise, deterministic color palette design tools
- you require a maintained library with active support and a clear license
- you need advanced color science features like perceptual color spaces

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: graphics, data-generation
- domain: web-development, frontend, graphics
- platform: browser
- tags: color-generation, color-schemes, hsv, random-colors, golden-ratio, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- Fooidge/PleaseJS (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:32.800357+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:42:05.981937+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Fooidge/PleaseJS (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:32.800357+00:00, sha 6f6ad78f9ae3)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/pleasejs (fetched 2026-08-29T10:22:44.686806+00:00, sha 4f0b269b1e6e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.