Here is the code for a simple Processing GUI utility for editing color palettes. It generates gradients given a start and end color. It will print palettes as hex strings and RGB triplets, change the “prefix” and “suffix” variables to turn the output into readymade code.

I whipped this up to make it easy to make decent color combos for a current project I'm working on. It could do with a few more features, like a 2D RGB color field to choose from and the ability to save and maybe even load files. It feeds into a color library I use, maybe I’ll make that available at some point to make it a bit more useful.

// SimpleColorPicker.pde
// Marius Watz - http://workshop.evolutionzone.com
// Interactive creation of gradient palettes.
// Will print palettes as hex and RGB triplets.

// Select either left or right side of the gradient boxes
// to edit that color.

// By pressing 'd' the "dropper" mode is activated, clicking
// on a color will fill the currently selected slot with that
// color.

int rgb[][];
float R,G,B;
int sel,numrows,barTop,barRight;
boolean isDropper,whiteBG=false,edited[];
PFont font;

void setup() {
 size(10*20+15,10*20+200);
 font=createFont(”Arial”, 10);

 numrows=10;
 rgb=new int[numrows*2][3];
 edited=new boolean[numrows];
 for(int i=0; i< numrows; i++) {
   fillRGB(i*2, 50,50,50);
   fillRGB(i*2+1, 255,255,255);
   edited[i]=false;
 }

 R=50;
 G=50;
 B=50;

 sel=0;
 barTop=20*10+60;
 barRight=10+9*20+5;
}

void draw() {
  float rD,gD,bD,r,g,b;

  noStroke();
  if(whiteBG) background(255);
  else background(0);

  // draw title
  fill(0xFFEBAC32);
  rect(0,0,width,20);
  fill(255,255,255);
  textFont(font,10);
  text("SimpleColorPicker 0.9", 10,13);

  // draw selection
  if(sel!=-1) {
    if(isDropper) fill(255,0,0);
    else fill(255);
    rect(10+(9*20*(sel%2))-1,30+20*(sel/2)-1, 17,17);
  }

  // draw color boxes
  for(int i=0; i< numrows; i++) {
    rD=(float)(rgb[i*2+1][0]-rgb[i*2][0])/9f;
    gD=(float)(rgb[i*2+1][1]-rgb[i*2][1])/9f;
    bD=(float)(rgb[i*2+1][2]-rgb[i*2][2])/9f;
    for(int j=0; j<10; j++) {
      r=rgb[i*2][0]+rD*(float)j;
      g=rgb[i*2][1]+gD*(float)j;
      b=rgb[i*2][2]+bD*(float)j;
      fill(r,g,b);
      rect(10+j*20,30+i*20, 15,15);
    }
  }

  // draw big color field
  fill(R,G,B);
  rect(10,barTop+10, barRight,30);

  // draw smaller contrast color field
  int sel2=sel+1;
  if(sel%2==1) sel2=sel-1;
//  println("sel "+sel+" sel2 "+sel2);
  fill(rgb[sel2][0],rgb[sel2][1],rgb[sel2][2]);
  rect(10,barTop+40, barRight,10);

  // color bar background
  fill(60);
  rect(10,barTop+60, barRight, 10);
  rect(10,barTop+75, barRight, 10);
  rect(10,barTop+90, barRight, 10);

  // color bar foreground
  fill(255);
  rect(10,barTop+60, barRight*(float)R/255, 10);
  rect(10,barTop+75, barRight*(float)G/255, 10);
  rect(10,barTop+90, barRight*(float)B/255, 10);

  // draw title
  fill(0xFFEBAC32);
  rect(0,barTop-25,width,20);
  fill(255);
  text("'p' to print palette, 'd' to use dropper", 10,barTop-12);
}

void printColors() {
  // change this to add readymade function calls for pasting into your code
  String prefix="";
  String suffix="";

  println("");
  for(int i=0; i< numrows; i++)
    if(edited[i]) {
      print(prefix);
      print("\\""+getColString(i*2)+"\\", \\""+getColString(i*2+1)+"\\"");
      println(suffix);
    }

  println("");
  for(int i=0; i< numrows; i++)
    if(edited[i]) {
      print(prefix);
      print(getColStringNumeric(i*2)+", "+
        getColStringNumeric(i*2+1));
      println(suffix);
    }
}

String getColStringNumeric(int id) {
  String s;
  s=""+rgb[id][0]+", "+rgb[id][1]+", "+rgb[id][2];
  return s;
}

String getColString(int id) {
  String s=Integer.toHexString(color(rgb[id][0],rgb[id][1],rgb[id][2]));
  s=s.substring(2).toUpperCase();
  return s;
}

void mousePressed() {
  int mx=(mouseX-10)/20;
  int my=(mouseY-30)/20;
  if(mx<10 && (my<10)) {
    mx=(mx/5);
    int newsel=my*2+mx;
    if(isDropper) {
      fillRGB(sel, rgb[newsel][0],rgb[newsel][1],rgb[newsel][2]);
      R=rgb[sel][0];
      G=rgb[sel][1];
      B=rgb[sel][2];
      isDropper=false;
    }
    else {
      sel=newsel;
      R=rgb[sel][0];
      G=rgb[sel][1];
      B=rgb[sel][2];
    }
//    println("mx "+mx+" my "+my+" "+(mx/9)+" sel "+sel);
  }
  else {
   my=(mouseY-(barTop+60))/15;
   if(my<3 && my>-1) {
     mx=mouseX-10;
     if(mx<0) mx=0;
     else if(mx>barRight) mx=barRight;
     float val=(float)(mx*255)/(float)barRight;
     if(my==0) R=val;
     if(my==1) G=val;
     if(my==2) B=val;
     if(sel!=-1) fillRGB(sel, (int)R,(int)G,(int)B);
     edited[sel/2]=true;
//     println(”mx “+mx+” val “+val+” R “+R+” G “+G+” B “+B);
   }
  }
}

void mouseDragged() {
  mousePressed();
}

void keyPressed() {
  if(key==’p') printColors();
  if(key==’d') isDropper=!isDropper;
  if(key==’b') whiteBG=!whiteBG;
}

void fillRGB(int id, int r,int g, int b) {
  rgb[id][0]=r;
  rgb[id][1]=g;
  rgb[id][2]=b;
}