README.txt

= sassafras

* http://www.elctech.com/projects/instant-sass-color-palettes-with-sassafras

== DESCRIPTION:

After spending hours copying and pasting hex values into my Sass stylesheets, 
I knew there had to be a better way.  Enter Sassafras, the Sass color scheme 
generator.

Sassafras will generate any of the following types of color schemes and create 
logically-named Sass variables for varying lightnesses:

* basic
* complementary
* analogous
* triadic
* split complementary
* rectangle
* square

== FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

== SYNOPSIS:

Generate basic variants of red:
    
    $ sassafras -b red

    # Generated by Sassafras
    # base
    !base_light = #ff8080
    !base_darkest = #1a0000
    !base_dark = #800000
    !base_darker = #4d0000
    !base_lightest = #ffe6e6
    !base_mid = #ff0000
    !base_lighter = #ffb3b3

Generate basic variants of red and green:

    $ sassafras -t complementary -b red

Sassafras can also generate an HTML reference sheet with color swatches:

    $ sassafras -t split_complementary -b blue -f html

For more information on the various types of color schemes supported by Sassafras, 
please see the color theory tutorial on which Sassafras was based at http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.htm

== REQUIREMENTS:

* color-tools
* activesupport

== INSTALL:

Note:  Make sure you're using RubyGems >= 1.2.0.

    $ sudo gem sources -a http://gems.github.com
    $ sudo gem install teejayvanslyke-sassafras

== LICENSE:

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2008 FIX

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:

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