pokemon-color-search/README.md

Pokemon Color Search

Utility for quickly finding pokemon by the sprite's "distance" from a given color.

See also explanations of the underlying math and which images are used.

Included Files

• ingest.py generates database.csv which is needed for nearest.py, database-cam02.csv which is an alternative database for nearest.py using the CAM02-UCS color space, and database.js which is needed for nearest.html. Requires numpy, Pillow (PIL), and colorspacious.
• nearest.py provides multiple options for finding pokemon "near" a color. No external dependencies, but a database must be provided. If CAM02-UCS is being used, this requires colorspacious and numpy.
• nearest.html and nearest.js allow you to use a front-end in your browser, by opening nearest.html directly. The implementation is somewhat lazy to avoid the use of an actual build system, and statically imports the dependencies Fuse.js, d3-color, and d3-cam02. Requires database.js to be present, meaning ingest.py must be run first, unless you are using the included database.
• explore.py traverses a subset of the 24-bit RGB color space and finds the pokemon that most closely match each color, and produces best.csv and counts.csv as results.
• database.csv, database-cam02.csv, and database.js are included as well, built from the set of pngs detailed in pngs.md.