deltas() function, closes #437

src/color.js

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
 	inGamut,
 	toGamut,
 	distance,
+	deltas,
 	equals,
 	get,
 	getAll,
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ Color.defineFunctions({
 	inGamut,
 	toGamut,
 	distance,
+	deltas,
 	toString: serialize,
 });
 

src/deltas.js

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import getColor from "./getColor.js";
+import ColorSpace from "./space.js";
+import to from "./to.js";
+import { adjust } from "./angles.js";
+import { isNone } from "./util.js";
+
+/**
+ * Get color differences per-component, on any color space
+ * @param {Color} c1
+ * @param {Color} c2
+ * @param {object} options
+ * @param {string | ColorSpace} [options.space=c1.space] - The color space to use for the delta calculation. Defaults to the color space of the first color.
+ * @param {string} [options.hue="shorter"] - How to handle hue differences. Same as hue interpolation option.
+ * @returns {number[]} - An array of differences per component.
+ * 		If one of the components is none, the difference will be 0.
+ * 		If both components are none, the difference will be none.
+ */
+export default function deltas (c1, c2, {space, hue = "shorter"} = {}) {
+	c1 = getColor(c1);
+	space ||= c1.space;
+	space = ColorSpace.get(space);
+	let spaceCoords = Object.values(space.coords);
+
+	[c1, c2] = [c1, c2].map(c => to(c, space));
+	let [coords1, coords2] = [c1, c2].map(c => c.coords);
+
+	let coords = coords1.map((coord1, i) => {
+		let coordMeta = spaceCoords[i];
+		let coord2 = coords2[i];
+
+		if (coordMeta.type === "angle") {
+			[coord1, coord2] = adjust(hue, [coord1, coord2]);
+		}
+
+		return subtractCoords(coord1, coord2);
+	});
+
+	let alpha = subtractCoords(c1.alpha, c2.alpha);
+
+	return { space: c1.space, spaceId: c1.space.id, coords, alpha };
+}
+
+function subtractCoords (c1, c2) {
+	if (isNone(c1) || isNone(c2)) {
+		return c1 === c2 ? null : 0;
+	}
+
+	return c1 - c2;
+}

src/index-fn.js

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export {default as display}             from "./display.js";
 export {default as inGamut}             from "./inGamut.js";
 export {default as toGamut, toGamutCSS} from "./toGamut.js";
 export {default as distance}            from "./distance.js";
+export {default as deltas}              from "./deltas.js";
 export {default as equals}              from "./equals.js";
 export {default as contrast}            from "./contrast.js";
 export {default as clone}               from "./clone.js";

test/deltas.js

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import "../src/spaces/index.js";
+import deltas from "../src/deltas.js";
+import * as check from "../node_modules/htest.dev/src/check.js";
+
+export default {
+	name: "deltas() tests",
+	description: "These tests test the various Delta E algorithms.",
+	run (c1, c2, o) {
+		return deltas(c1, c2, o);
+	},
+	check: check.deep(check.shallowEquals({ epsilon: .0001, subset: true })),
+	tests: [
+		{
+			name: "Same color space",
+			tests: [
+				{
+					name: "Same color",
+					args: ["red", "red"],
+					expect: { spaceId: "srgb", coords: [0, 0, 0], alpha: 0 },
+				},
+				{
+					args: ["white", "black"],
+					expect: { spaceId: "srgb", coords: [1, 1, 1], alpha: 0 },
+				},
+				{
+					name: "Hues should never have a difference > 180 by default",
+					args: [
+						{spaceId: "oklch", coords: [.5, .2, -180]},
+						{spaceId: "oklch", coords: [.5, .2, 720]},
+					],
+					expect: { spaceId: "oklch", coords: [0, 0, 180], alpha: 0 },
+				},
+				{
+					name: "If both coords are none, the delta should be none.",
+					args: [
+						{spaceId: "oklch", coords: [null, null, null], alpha: null},
+						{spaceId: "oklch", coords: [null, null, null], alpha: null},
+					],
+					expect: { spaceId: "oklch", coords: [null, null, null], alpha: null },
+				},
+				{
+					name: "If one coord is none, the delta should be 0.",
+					args: [
+						{spaceId: "oklch", coords: [.5, .2, -180], alpha: null},
+						{spaceId: "oklch", coords: [null, null, null], alpha: .5},
+					],
+					expect: { spaceId: "oklch", coords: [0, 0, 0], alpha: 0 },
+				},
+			],
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Different color space",
+			tests: [
+				{
+					name: "Same color",
+					args: ["red", "hsl(0 100% 50%)"],
+					expect: { spaceId: "srgb", coords: [0, 0, 0], alpha: 0 },
+				},
+				{
+					args: ["white", "hsl(0 100% 0%)"],
+					expect: { spaceId: "srgb", coords: [1, 1, 1], alpha: 0 },
+				},
+			],
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Forced color space",
+			tests: [
+				{
+					name: "Same color",
+					args: ["red", "hsl(0 100% 50%)", { space: "oklch" }],
+					expect: { spaceId: "oklch", coords: [0, 0, 0], alpha: 0 },
+				},
+				{
+					args: [{space: "srgb", coords: [1, 0, 0]}, {space: "srgb", coords: [.5, 0, 0]}, { space: "oklch" }],
+					expect: { spaceId: "oklch", coords: [0.2523245655926571, 0.10354211689049864, 0], alpha: 0 },
+				},
+			],
+		},
+	],
+};