# The OPENRNDR Idea plugin with color picking & preview

**URL:** <https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/the-openrndr-idea-plugin-with-color-picking-preview/514>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [February 14, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/the-openrndr-idea-plugin-with-color-picking-preview/514 "2023-02-14T14:23:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![abe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openrndr.discourse.group/abe/32/700_2.png) [@abe](https://openrndr.discourse.group/u/abe)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/the-openrndr-idea-plugin-with-color-picking-preview/514/1 "2023-02-14T14:23:55Z")

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🎨 🖌

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/openrndr/original/1X/48267463b86e3da6ec4b9afef4a6526dbd85dfc9.jpeg "OPENRNDR IntelliJ IDEA plugin 1.0.0") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFmokGJ8UOQ)

## Features

`ColorRGBa` preview and color picker in the editor gutter

 ![181760872-87834eb6-71dd-4d01-9fdf-4fbf56528336](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/openrndr/original/1X/cec5f83f01ca005eb715ad8dda11887348672f94.png)

`ColorRGBa` preview in the autocomplete dialog

 ![183112801-bbd75d56-7cde-4623-bae6-7c8db4750475](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/openrndr/original/1X/42b1fe18b64e5e869e2f77a3ae7455eda420c150.png)

`ColorRGBa` preview in the debugger view

 ![183113443-e7bbbf65-3305-463c-803c-a68bbf2b4a71](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/openrndr/original/1X/e3d353ee213938463bc85a672b9d9c56d8323c3f.png)

**Download** the [OPENRNDR plugin](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/19736-openrndr) from the plugins panel inside the Idea IDE.

[Source code](https://github.com/openrndr/openrndr-intellij).

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**Author:** ![abe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openrndr.discourse.group/abe/32/700_2.png) [@abe](https://openrndr.discourse.group/u/abe)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/the-openrndr-idea-plugin-with-color-picking-preview/514/2 "2025-10-08T12:18:49Z")

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A small update: the OPENRNDR Idea plugin is not yet compatible with recent versions of the IDE. We are looking for help with making it compatible with the K2 Kotlin compiler. I did try with AI but it was not able to fix it. I’ll post again as soon as I have news 🙂

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**Author:** ![thedigitalDog](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openrndr.discourse.group/thedigitaldog/32/876_2.png) [@thedigitalDog](https://openrndr.discourse.group/u/thedigitalDog)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/the-openrndr-idea-plugin-with-color-picking-preview/514/3 "2025-10-08T13:18:26Z")

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Thanks ! I’ve just disabled K2 mode for now, in order to follow along the tutorials you kindly provided on YT. 👋

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**Author:** ![abe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openrndr.discourse.group/abe/32/700_2.png) [@abe](https://openrndr.discourse.group/u/abe)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/the-openrndr-idea-plugin-with-color-picking-preview/514/4 "2025-10-08T13:39:39Z")

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Good idea 👍 Welcome to the forum! 😄

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**Author:** ![thedigitalDog](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openrndr.discourse.group/thedigitaldog/32/876_2.png) [@thedigitalDog](https://openrndr.discourse.group/u/thedigitalDog)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/the-openrndr-idea-plugin-with-color-picking-preview/514/5 "2025-10-08T13:55:01Z")

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Thank you @abe ! I’ve just been getting started with openRNDR and do absolutely love it 😍 ! The In Conversations playlist has been invaluable so far, and fun too ! Thanks everyone involved. 👍

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**Author:** ![abe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/openrndr.discourse.group/abe/32/700_2.png) [@abe](https://openrndr.discourse.group/u/abe)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://openrndr.discourse.group/t/the-openrndr-idea-plugin-with-color-picking-preview/514/6 "2026-08-21T10:52:45Z")

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Good news: the plugin is once again compatible with the latest Jetbrains IDE. It can be found in the Plugins section of the Settings by searching for “OPENRNDR”.