Package Max for Live

live.colors

Get the colors of the active Ableton Live Theme via a Max for Live device.

Description

Get the dynamic colors from the active Ableton Live application color theme and use these color names to ensure compatibility between various Max objects and Ableton Live themes. These colors adapt dynamically to the active Live theme, eliminating the need to change RGBA values, since each color name is a token that references specific colors across Live themes.

In Max 8.2 or later, you can change a Max object's color by setting dynamic colors using the color picker in the Max object's inspector window, instead of using live.colors.

Arguments

None.

Attributes

Common Box Attributes

Below is a list of attributes shared by all objects. If you want to change one of these attributes for an object based on the object box, you need to place the word sendbox in front of the attribute name, or use the object's Inspector.

annotation[symbol]

Sets the text that will be displayed in the Clue window when the user moves the mouse over the object.

background[int]: 0

Adds or removes the object from the patcher's background layer. background 1 adds the object to the background layer, background 0 removes it. Objects in the background layer are shown behind all objects in the default foreground layer.

color[4 floats]

Sets the color for the object box outline.

fontface[int]

Sets the type style used by the object. The options are:

plain
bold
italic
bold italic Possible values:

0 = 'regular'
1 = 'bold'
2 = 'italic'
3 = 'bold italic'

fontname[symbol]

Sets the object's font.

fontsize[float]

Sets the object's font size (in points). Possible values:

'8'
'9'
'10'
'11'
'12'
'13'
'14'
'16'
'18'
'20'
'24'
'30'
'36'
'48'
'64'
'72'

hidden[int]: 0

Toggles whether an object is hidden when the patcher is locked.

hint[symbol]

Sets the text that will be displayed in as a pop-up hint when the user moves the mouse over the object in a locked patcher.

ignoreclick[int]: 0

Toggles whether an object ignores mouse clicks in a locked patcher.

jspainterfile[symbol]

JS Painter File

patching_rect[4 floats]: 0. 0. 100. 0.

Sets the position and size of the object in the patcher window.

position[2 floats]
write-only

Sets the object's x and y position in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation), leaving its size unchanged.

presentation[int]: 0

Sets whether an object belongs to the patcher's presentation.

presentation_rect[4 floats]: 0. 0. 0. 0.

Sets the x and y position and width and height of the object in the patcher's presentation, leaving its patching position unchanged.

rect[4 floats]
write-only

Sets the x and y position and width and height of the object in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation).

size[2 floats]
write-only

Sets the object's width and height in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation), leaving its position unchanged.

textcolor[4 floats]

Sets the color for the object's text in RGBA format.

textjustification[int]

Sets the justification for the object's text. Possible values:

0 = 'left'
1 = 'center'
2 = 'right'

varname[symbol]

Sets the patcher's scripting name, which can be used to address the object by name in pattr, scripting messages to thispatcher, and the js object.

Messages

anything

Sends the color for Color Name from the live.colors object's left outlet in RGBA format (float numbers from 0. to 1.).

Arguments:
  • Color Name [symbol]

everything

Sends all the available colors out the outlet as a series of messages. Each message consists of the color id followed by four floating-point values that describe the color scheme color in RGBA format (float numbers from 0. to 1.).

Output

bang

Out right outlet: A bang message is sent out the right outlet if the Live colors are changed.

color

Out left outlet: The live.colors object sends a message composed of a color name followed by four floating point values that specify the RBGA value of the color out the left outlet in response to a query.

See Also

Name Description
Dynamic Colors Dynamic Colors
panel Colored background area
colorpicker Select and output a color
suckah Get a pixel from the display