Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for changing colors of displayed assets

An electronic device, comprising control circuitry operative to:

• receive a selection of an indexed color associated with an asset;
• receive a selection of a threshold corresponding to a range of colors relative to the indexed color;
• determine, for each pixel of the asset, whether an initial color associated with the pixel is within the range of colors for the indexed color;
• and
• in response to determining that the initial color associated with a pixel is within the range of colors, modify an encoding of the pixel to replace at least one least significant bit with a color index indicating that the color of the pixel is changeable.

A method for processing an asset used as part of an avatar, the asset comprising a plurality of

• elements for which a color can be changed, the method comprising:
• retrieving an indexed color and an index threshold associated with the indexed color;
• retrieving a hue associated with each element of the plurality of elements of the asset;
• identifying, from a hue of the indexed color and from the index threshold, a range of hues that are changeable in the asset;
• modifying, for incorporating a color index in a model encoding the color of each element for which the retrieved hue is within the range of hues, an encoding of the element to replace at least one least significant bit with a color index, wherein the color index indicates that the color of the element that is changeable;
• and
• defining a processed model for each of the elements for which the color of the element is changeable, wherein components of the processed model are used to define a replacement color for the element.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium for changing a color of a displayed asset, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer program logic recorded thereon for:

• displaying an asset comprising a plurality of colors;
• receiving a selection of an indexed color associated with the asset;
• receiving a selection of a threshold corresponding to a range of colors relative to the indexed color;
• receiving an instruction to change one indexed color of the plurality of colors of the asset to a destination color;
• identifying at least one pixel of the asset to change from an initial color to a replacement color, wherein the initial color of the at least one pixel is associated with a color index corresponding to the indexed color;
• defining replacement values for a hue, saturation, and value of the at least one pixel corresponding to the replacement color, wherein the replacement values are calculated from a model of the initial color and from a model of the destination color;
• determining whether an initial color associated with each of the asset's other pixels is within the range of colors for the indexed color;
• and
• modifying, for each of the asset's other pixels determined to have an initial color within the range of colors for the indexed color, an encoding of the pixel to replace at least one least significant bit with a color index to indicate that the color of the pixel is changeable.