materialyoucolor
Material You color generation algorithms in pure python!
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need Material Design 3 color generation. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and offers a fast C++ backend for image processing. License status is unclear, so verify licensing terms before use in proprietary projects. Medium install friction is acceptable given prebuilt wheels for common platforms.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Medium install friction due to compiled backend for color quantization, but prebuilt wheels are available for common platforms and Python versions 3.10–3.13.
- Active maintenance with recent release.
License · maintenance · safety
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last release 2026-08-04 (10 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 123,307 downloads/mo, #11,915 on PyPI
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pip install materialyoucolor
from materialyoucolor.scheme import Scheme
color = 0xff4181EE
print(Scheme.light(color).props)
print(Scheme.dark(color).props)- Whether the C++ quantization backend is automatically selected or requires manual configuration on all supported platforms
- Performance characteristics and memory usage of the pillow backend versus cpp backend on typical image sizes
- Whether the package works with Python 3.7 as documented or if prebuilt wheels only support 3.10+
What it is and what it does
materialyoucolor implements Material Design 3 color generation algorithms, allowing you to derive harmonious color palettes from a single source color or extract dominant colors from images. It provides multiple dynamic color scheme variants (Tonal Spot, Expressive, Fidelity, Monochrome, Neutral, Rainbow, Vibrant, Fruit Salad, Content) and can generate both static and dynamic color tokens in RGBA and hex formats.
The package wraps the official reference implementation, using a hybrid approach: TypeScript implementation for scheme generation and a C++ backend for fast color quantization. It depends only on pillow for image I/O and supports image-based color extraction with configurable quality. The C++ backend is recommended for large images due to pillow's memory inefficiency with full image materialization.
Use it for
- Extract a dominant color palette from an image to theme an application UI dynamically
- Generate Material Design 3 color tokens for light and dark modes from a brand color
- Build a wallpaper-based theming system that adapts app colors to the current background
- Create color scheme variants for accessibility or user preference options
- Quantize large images efficiently to find representative colors without excessive memory consumption
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you need Material Design 3 color generation.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and offers a fast C++ backend for image processing. License status is unclear, so verify licensing terms before use in proprietary projects. Medium install friction is acceptable given prebuilt wheels for common platforms.
Install
materialyoucolor on PyPI
Before you install
Medium install friction due to compiled backend for color quantization, but prebuilt wheels are available for common platforms and Python versions 3.10–3.13. Active maintenance with recent release.
Quickstart
pip install materialyoucolor
from materialyoucolor.scheme import Scheme
color = 0xff4181EE
print(Scheme.light(color).props)
print(Scheme.dark(color).props)Verify before relying
- Whether the C++ quantization backend is automatically selected or requires manual configuration on all supported platforms
- Performance characteristics and memory usage of the pillow backend versus cpp backend on typical image sizes
- Whether the package works with Python 3.7 as documented or if prebuilt wheels only support 3.10+
Package facts
| License | Not declared unclear |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.7 |
| Install friction | Medium. Platform-specific wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagepillow |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 10 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 123,307 / month, #11,915 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
Evidence: materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp310-cp310-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp310-cp310-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp310-cp310-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp310-cp310-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp310-cp310-win32.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp310-cp310-win_amd64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp311-cp311-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp311-cp311-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp311-cp311-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp311-cp311-win32.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp311-cp311-win_amd64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp312-cp312-macosx_10_13_x86_64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp312-cp312-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp312-cp312-manylinux_2_27_x86_64.manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp312-cp312-musllinux_1_2_x86_64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp312-cp312-win32.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp312-cp312-win_amd64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp313-cp313-macosx_10_13_x86_64.whl; materialyoucolor-3.0.4-cp313-cp313-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl
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