Live Colors plug-in is an example binary plug-in for HippoEDIT, that visualize color values directly in code, using underline or background color equal to typed color value.

Following color definition are recognized:

• Standard HTML color definitions as #AAFFCC
• Web color definitions as #afc
• C/C++ macros for color definition as RGB(255,0,255) or RGBA(0xFF,0x00,0xFF, 0xAF)

For example this is how it looks like for CSS file in HippoEDIT:

or for C++ file:

More info can be found on HippoEDIT wiki: http://wiki.hippoedit.com/plugins/live-colors