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+## Really Simple Color Picker
+
+This is a very minimal, yet robust Color Picker based on jQuery.
+
+For more details check the introductory blog post - http://laktek.com/2008/10/27/really-simple-color-picker-in-jquery/
+
+### Usage
+
+You can either clone [this repo](https://github.com/laktek/really-simple-color-picker) or download the latest build as a zip from here - http://github.com/laktek/really-simple-color-picker/zipball/master
+
+Color Picker requires jQuery 1.2.6 or higher. Make sure to load it before Color Picker (there's no other dependencies!).
+For default styles of the color picker load the CSS file that comes with the plugin.
+
+ ```html
+ <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src=jquery.min.js"></script>
+ <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="jquery.colorPicker.min.js"/></script>
+
+ <link rel="stylesheet" href="colorPicker.css" type="text/css" />
+ ```
+
+Add a text field to take the color input.
+
+ ```html
+ <div><label for="color1">Color 1</label> <input id="color1" type="text" name="color1" value="#333399" /></div>
+ ```
+
+Then call 'colorPicker' method on the text field when document loads.
+
+ ```html
+ <script language="javascript">
+ jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
+ $('#color1').colorPicker();
+ }
+ </script>
+ ```
+
+### Options
+
+There are several options you can set at the time of binding.
+
+**Selected color**
+
+Color Picker will use the value of the input field, which the picker is attached to as the selected color. If not, it will use the color passed with `pickerDefault` property.
+
+ ```javascript
+ $('#color1').colorPicker({pickerDefault: "ffffff"});
+ ```
+
+**Color Palette**
+
+Overrides the default color palette by passing an array of color values.
+
+ ```javascript
+ $('#color1').colorPicker({colors: ["333333", "111111"]});
+ ```
+
+**Transparency**
+
+Enable transparency value as an option.
+
+ ```javascript
+ $('#color1').colorPicker({transparency: true});
+ ```
+
+If you want to set an option gloablly (to apply for all color pickers), use:
+
+ ```javascript
+ $.fn.colorPicker.defaults.colors = ['151337', '111111']
+ ```
+### Demo
+
+Demo can be found at http://laktek.github.com/really-simple-color-picker/demo.html
+
+### Real-world Examples
+
+* [CurdBee](http://demo.curdbee.com/settings/branding)
+* [Readability](https://www.readability.com/publishers/tools)
+
+Let us know how you are using Really Simple Color Picker...
+
+### Contributors
+
+* Lakshan Perera - http://laktek.com
+* Daniel Lacy - http://daniellacy.com
+
+### Issues & Suggestions
+
+Please report any bugs or feature requests here:
+https://github.com/laktek/really-simple-color-picker/issues
+