colorStudioMax: ColorBrowser+dictio​nary, colorBlind correct

Color Browser with dictionary, colorBlind correction & Philips Hue control

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Massimo Ciacci (2026). colorStudioMax: ColorBrowser+dictionary, colorBlind correct (https://in.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/61775-colorstudiomax-colorbrowser-dictionary-colorblind-correct), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

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Inspired by: draggable

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MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
3.3.1

disabled a debug flag which was accidentally on

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3.3.0

Added preserve Lab mode to color wheel, useful to make palettes of < 90% saturated colors, with a similarity of perceived Lightness.

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3.2.0

url = 'https://www.meethue.com/api/nupnp'; became invalid, using new address:
url = 'https://discovery.meethue.com/'

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3.1.0

Minor changes for a faster start-up.

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3.0.2

The small version of the GUI had one bug loading palettes.

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3.0.1

just had forgot to update "created with" field

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3.0.0

(1) Updated for ML2016b which was crashing
- panels created with FontUnits points, then set to normalized else half GUI doesn't show
(2) Correct scaling of GUI upon changing the startup resolution

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2.4.0

- Updated Philips Hue Driver to list available lamps

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2.3.0

Added a "close function" which turns off the lights before closing the GUI (XT version only). Also the XT version of the GUI only closes via its 'x' button, not when one types close all in the console.

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2.2.0

Improved color sorting, with choice of color space for sorting.

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2.1.0

Updated screenshot to show the wheel with one of the colorblind corrections

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2.0.0

Philips_HUE_CONNECT.m is updated.
Hue bridge setup issue fixed.
While connecting to https://www.meethue.com/api/nupnp
"The server returned the message: "sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed"
see also readme.txt

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1.9.0

- color dictionary now has 1152 color entries
- startup : set visible after zoomed
- Palette init : at startup palette START.csv is loaded, overwrite it with your favourite palette

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1.8.0

Improve color distance: findClosestColorToGivenRGB_Lab_Metric, balanced weights, and less priority to saturation
Color Dictionary : 3 new entries. Total Named Colors = 1150.

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1.7.0

screen shot

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1.6.0

findClosestColorToGivenRGB_Lab_Metric Mode 4 (Lab-HSLcart, 66%-33%) uses now cartesian HSL, wrap@ H=360 fixed.
Added screenshot about PHUE RGB-2-xy: showing how RGB-XYZ-xyY is stretched to meet the PHUE corners
(In set_Lamp_RGB.m default GAMUT=C)

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1.5.0

- Cleaned up some unused code
- Added a few PHUE palettes nice to loop with, in particular, PHUE_Blues_1 is my favourite study palette. Wheel_24 palettes are a bit too flashy, but nice to show off your leds to friends.

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1.4.0

updated screen shot

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1.3.0

- Updated Hue driver to v1.3
- Added 2 color palettes, PHUE_cool , PHUE_warm

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1.2.0

add one cross link

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1.1.0

screen shot

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1.0.0

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