Generate random hex color code

[Stefan_Erschwendner]

Hi Community!

I’m a make.com newbie. I would like to generate with set-variable a random hex color code that I can use later in an automation with placid.app to generate an image in that color.

What’s the best formula to generate the random hex color code?

Thanks for your help!

Stefan

[Stoyan_Vatov]

Hi Stefan,

I don’t think there is a direct formula to do that, but maybe something like this will work:

blueprint (6).json (7.1 KB)

[samliew]

Welcome to the Make community!

Similarly to Random Alphanumeric Coupon Code Generator - #5 by samliew, you can generate a random hex colour code using

Output

You can copy and paste this module export into your scenario. This will paste the modules shown in my screenshots above.

1. Copy the code below by clicking the copy button when you mouseover the top-right of the code block
   

2. Enter your scenario editor. Press ESC to close any dialogs. Press CTRLV to paste in the canvas.

3. Click on each imported module and save it. You may need to remap some variables.

Modules JSON Export

{
    "subflows": [
        {
            "flow": [
                {
                    "id": 1,
                    "module": "util:SetVariable2",
                    "version": 1,
                    "parameters": {},
                    "mapper": {
                        "name": "colour",
                        "scope": "roundtrip",
                        "value": "{{substring(join(shuffle(shuffle(shuffle(split(\"ABCDEF0123456789\"; emptystring)))); emptystring); 0; 6)}}"
                    },
                    "metadata": {
                        "designer": {
                            "x": -25,
                            "y": 168,
                            "name": "Generate random colour"
                        },
                        "restore": {
                            "expect": {
                                "scope": {
                                    "label": "One cycle"
                                }
                            }
                        },
                        "expect": [
                            {
                                "name": "name",
                                "type": "text",
                                "label": "Variable name",
                                "required": true
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "scope",
                                "type": "select",
                                "label": "Variable lifetime",
                                "required": true,
                                "validate": {
                                    "enum": [
                                        "roundtrip",
                                        "execution"
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "name": "value",
                                "type": "any",
                                "label": "Variable value"
                            }
                        ],
                        "interface": [
                            {
                                "name": "colour",
                                "label": "colour",
                                "type": "any"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "version": 1
    }
}

[Stefan_Erschwendner]

Thank you, this is exactly what I was looking for!

[samliew]

No problem, glad I could help!

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