Copy or move the solarized.clr file to your ~/Library/Colors directory.
Use the included colorpicker launcher to confirm installation. Launch the
launch-colorpicker application, navigate to the color palette view (usually
the third icon from the left) and select 'Solarized' from the drop-down palette
list. Click the cancel button to dismiss the color picker.
NOT FOR USE UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THE HELL THAT IS COLOR MANAGEMENT.
The alternate palettes directory contains two Apple Color Picker palettes.
The "tagged" palette is identical to the main Solarized.clr palette. The
untagged palette contains untagged sRGB values (Apple calls untagged values
"device colors"). Don't use this unless you are using an application that
otherwise can't handle tagged values.
An example: If you are a web developer working on OS X and you wish to use one of the Solarized hex values, you have a couple choices:
- Enter the code manually (easy, you should do this)
- Use the color picker (possible, but do it the right way! See below...)
A popular colorpicker plugin is the "Hex Color Picker" from http://wafflesoftware.net/hexpicker/. If you wish to use this with the colorpicker and a preset palette like Solarized, here's what you do:
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Instead of the plain old "solarized.clr" palette, use the "solarized-tagged" and "solarized-untagged" palettes (solarized-tagged is the same as solarized.clr, just renamed for clarity).
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In the Hex Color picker (inside the Apple Color Picker) click the options button and ensure that "Don't generate calibrated colors" is checked.
Ideally, Hex Color Picker would be aware of a particular color being untagged (a "device" color in Apple parlance) and hand it over to you in unaltered form, even if it was otherwise pulling calibrated colors off your display. -
If you desire a Solarized color for web use (not for use in an application that uses Mac color swatches) then you switch to the Solarized-untagged palette in Color Picker, choose a color, switch to the Hex Color Picker tab and grab the correct color. Double check against the chart below to confirm it's working as expected.
This is just one of many examples of how, even with applications/plugins that deal exclusively with color, there are unexpected or unintuitive exceptions to take into account.
L*a*b values are canonical (White D65, Reference D50), other values are matched in sRGB space.
SOLARIZED HEX 16/8 TERMCOL XTERM/HEX L*A*B sRGB HSB
--------- ------- ---- ------- ----------- ---------- ----------- -----------
base03 #002b36 8/4 brblack 234 #1c1c1c 15 -12 -12 0 43 54 193 100 21
base02 #073642 0/4 black 235 #262626 20 -12 -12 7 54 66 192 90 26
base01 #586e75 10/7 brgreen 240 #4e4e4e 45 -07 -07 88 110 117 194 25 46
base00 #657b83 11/7 bryellow 241 #585858 50 -07 -07 101 123 131 195 23 51
base0 #839496 12/6 brblue 244 #808080 60 -06 -03 131 148 150 186 13 59
base1 #93a1a1 14/4 brcyan 245 #8a8a8a 65 -05 -02 147 161 161 180 9 63
base2 #eee8d5 7/7 white 254 #d7d7af 92 -00 10 238 232 213 44 11 93
base3 #fdf6e3 15/7 brwhite 230 #ffffd7 97 00 10 253 246 227 44 10 99
yellow #b58900 3/3 yellow 136 #af8700 60 10 65 181 137 0 45 100 71
orange #cb4b16 9/3 brred 166 #d75f00 50 50 55 203 75 22 18 89 80
red #dc322f 1/1 red 160 #d70000 50 65 45 220 50 47 1 79 86
magenta #d33682 5/5 magenta 125 #af005f 50 65 -05 211 54 130 331 74 83
violet #6c71c4 13/5 brmagenta 61 #5f5faf 50 15 -45 108 113 196 237 45 77
blue #268bd2 4/4 blue 33 #0087ff 55 -10 -45 38 139 210 205 82 82
cyan #2aa198 6/6 cyan 37 #00afaf 60 -35 -05 42 161 152 175 74 63
green #859900 2/2 green 64 #5f8700 60 -20 65 133 153 0 68 100 60