Module triseratops::tag::color

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Hotcue and Track Colors Helpers

Hotcue Colors

The on-screen representation of hotcue colors can differ slightly from what’s stored in the Serato Markers and Serato Markers2 tags depending on whether Serato DJ Pro, Serato DJ Lite or Serato DJ Intro is used.

Both Serato DJ Pro and Serato DJ Intro let the user choose from a palette of 18 different colors. In contrast to the latter which just displays the exact same colors that are saved in the metadata, both Serato DJ Lite and Serato DJ Pro map the colors to another color palette:

Palette Index	Default Hotcue	Serato DJ Intro/Metadata	Serato DJ Pro/Lite
1	1	`#CC0000`	`#C02626`
2		`#CC4400`	`#DB4E27`
3	2	`#CC8800`	`#F8821A`
4	4	`#CCCC00`	`#FAC313`
5		`#88CC00`	`#4EB648`
6		`#44CC00`	`#006838`
7	5	`#00CC00`	`#1FAD26`
8		`#00CC44`	`#8DC63F`
9		`#00CC88`	`#2B3673`
10	7	`#00CCCC`	`#1DBEBD`
11		`#0088CC`	`#0F88CA`
12		`#0044CC`	`#16308B`
13	3	`#0000CC`	`#173BA2`
14		`#4400CC`	`#5C3F97`
15	8	`#8800CC`	`#6823B6`
16	6	`#CC00CC`	`#CE359E`
17		`#CC0088`	`#DC1D49`
18		`#CC0044`	`#C71136`

This means that if a Hotcue is saved with color #C02626 in Serato DJ Pro, it actually saves #CC0000 in the metadata. If that file is opened in Serato DJ Intro, the hotcue will be displayed with color #CC0000 (i.e. the metadata color), if the file is opened in Serato DJ Pro/Lite, the hotcue will be displayed with color #C02626.

Hence, Serato DJ Intro is the only Serato DJ variant that displays the colors exactly like they are saved (i.e. without applying any transformation/colorscheme).

Note that Serato DJ Lite only has 4 hotcues with predefined, unchangeable colors (the emphasized hotcue colors 1-4 in the table above).

Track Colors

Serato DJ Pro displays different colors in the color picker and the actual column (see table below). Generally, the column value can be calculated by subtracting 0x666666 from the stored value. If the result is less than 0, 0x1000000 is also added. An alternative way to calculate is without using signed numbers: If the stored value is less than 0x666666 then add 0x99999A, else subtract 0x666666

There are some exceptions though:

If the stored color is 0x999999, 0x090909 will be displayed instead of 0x333333 (this means that both 0x999999 and 0x6F6F6F will result in the same color)
If the stored color is 0xFFFFFF, 0x333333 will be displayed instead of 0x999999
If the stored color is 0x000000, 0x333333 will be displayed instead of 0X99999A

This means that both 0x999999 and 0X999999A cannot be used in the track color library column.

#	Color Picker / Stored in Tag	Shown in Library Column
1	`#FF99FF`	`#993399`
2	`#FF99DD`	`#993377`
3	`#FF99BB`	`#993355`
4	`#FF9999`	`#993333`
5	`#FFBB99`	`#995533`
6	`#FFDD99`	`#997733`
7	`#FFFF99`	`#999933`
8	`#DDFF99`	`#779933`
9	`#BBFF99`	`#559933`
10	`#99FF99`	`#339933`
11	`#99FFBB`	`#339955`
12	`#99FFDD`	`#339977`
13	`#99FFFF`	`#339999`
14	`#99DDFF`	`#337799`
15	`#99BBFF`	`#335599`
16	`#9999FF`	`#333399`
17	`#BB99FF`	`#553399`
18	`#DD99FF`	`#773399`
19	`#FFFFFF`	`#333333`
20	`#BBBBBB`	`#555555`
21	`#999999`	`#090909`

Structs

Color

Represents a 3-Byte RGB color value.