Colorize

Applies a Color signal to every point in a frame. The two preservation switches decide how much of the source shape's own brightness and saturation survive the tint, so you can sit anywhere on a sliding scale from a flat replace to a gentle wash.

Inputs

Outputs

Ideas

• Wire a Color node into the Color input for HSL-controlled coloring, then animate Hue for rainbow cycling.
• Enable Preserve Brightness when tinting a shape that already carries its own shading (a Dotter pattern, an SVG with brightness variation). Bright parts stay bright, dim parts stay dim.
• Enable both Preserve switches to leave whites and grays untouched while saturated colors get pulled toward the target. Useful when you want to tint accents without flattening the whole shape.
• Set Fade Ends > 0 on open paths (Wave, Spiral) to soften the start and end instead of hard cut-offs.
• Pull Mix down to 0.5 for a half-strength tint that lets the source color show through.

Tips

• The Color input is per-point. Wire a Color node whose Hue is driven by an Oscillator to get a gradient that shifts along the path.
• Fade Ends calculates falloff by arc length, so it works proportionally regardless of path complexity. Closed paths are skipped, since there's no endpoint to fade.
• With Color disconnected, the default is white.

Related

• Color: build a Color signal from HSL, HSV, or RGB
• Parametric Curve: has a built-in Color input if you're building a frame from scratch
• Dotter: pairs well with Colorize for colored dot patterns