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Random Colour Generator JS

Hey Folks!
Today I came up with this colour generator function.
This can be a really cool projects for newbie developers!
Well as the name suggests, it will randomly assign a new colour to the body of HTML page.
I am sharing my GitHub repository link for the same,which contains these functions in "script.js"
1) getRandomColor()
2) getRandomColorLight()
3) getRandomColorDark()
I would recommend you to have a look at it.

https://github.com/prakhart111/ColorFlipper

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Hope You liked it!
and comment down your way to do the same.
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Lou Cyx • Edited

You could just...

const getRandomHex = from => to => () =>
    Math.floor(Math.random() * (to - from) + from).toString(16);

const getRangedRandomColor = from => to => () =>
    `#${[...Array(6)].map(getRandomHex(from)(to)).join("")}`;

const getRandomColor = getRangedRandomColor(0x0)(0xf);
const getRandomColorLight = getRangedRandomColor(0x7)(0xf);
const getRandomColorDark = getRangedRandomColor(0x0)(0x7);
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Mukul1312

Can you please explain this approach, specially getRangedRandomColor function.

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Lou Cyx

Sure thing! Here's a version with comments:

// `getRandomHex` is a curried function, that takes `from`,
// then it takes `to` and returns a function that when called
// gives you a random hex number between `from` and `to`
const getRandomHex = from => to => () =>
    // `.toString(16)` converts the number to a hex string
    // so if you had (13).toString(16) it would return "d"
    Math.floor(Math.random() * (to - from) + from).toString(16);

// `getRangedRandomColor` is also a curried function that takes the same `from`
// and then `to`, but this one returns a string of the form "#RRGGBB"
const getRangedRandomColor = from => to => () =>
    // We used template literals for it with the back-ticks: ``
    // We start with a `#`
    `#${
        // Then we create a new array of 6 elements, we need to spread it
        // because being 6 `empty` elements, we can't map over it and
        // when we spread it with `...` it becomes an array of 6 `undefined`
        [...Array(6)]
            // We then map over that array calling `getRandomHex` on every item
            // so we effectively get 6 random hex values
            .map(getRandomHex(from)(to))
            // Join those elements into a single string and tada!
            .join("")
    }`;

// Now because `getRangedRandomColor` is a curried function, calling it here
// with only 2 arguments gives us a function like this: () => "#RRGGBB"
// So `getRandomColor` is a function that gives a color with values from 0 to f
const getRandomColor = getRangedRandomColor(0x0)(0xf);

// `getRandomColorLight` is the same, but from 7 to f
const getRandomColorLight = getRangedRandomColor(0x7)(0xf);

// and `getRandomColorDark` is the same, but from 0 to 7
const getRandomColorDark = getRangedRandomColor(0x0)(0x7);
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The key parts is usage of curring (the method of making functions return new functions).

Hope that helps :D

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Prakhar Tandon

Thanks for the precise and nice explaination man, I myself wasn't aware of this ES6 approach.

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Mukul1312

Thanks @lukeshiru for such a detailed explanation.

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Jatin Sharma

You should use s.length instead of 16 in line:8. So you don't have to hardcode.

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Prakhar Tandon

Yes! thanks for the suggestion:)

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DevFranPR

It wouldn't be better to randomize 3 numbers from 0 to 255 convert to hex and concat them?

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Prakhar Tandon

Hey DevFranPR,
Yeah, this one will also work fine.
Actually there are several possible ways to perform this operation, will try to enlist them all in my next article.
Stay Tuned !

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DevFranPR

Nice! Follow

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Prakhar Tandon

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