created color correction using a .json file and remapping the colors from the api to the colors actually shown in the google calendar online visualization

colors.json

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+{
+  "colors": [
+    {
+      "api": "#ac725e",
+      "natural": "#795548"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#d06b64",
+      "natural": "#9331C4"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#f83a22",
+      "natural": "#8E24AA"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#fa573c",
+      "natural": "#E67C73"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#ff7537",
+      "natural": "#EF6C00"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#ffad46",
+      "natural": "#F09300"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#42d692",
+      "natural": "#009688"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#16a765",
+      "natural": "#0B8043"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#7bd148",
+      "natural": "#7CB342"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#b3dc6c",
+      "natural": "#C0CA33"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#fbe983",
+      "natural": "#E4C441"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#fad165",
+      "natural": "#F6BF26"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#92e1c0",
+      "natural": "#33B679"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#9fe1e7",
+      "natural": "#039BE5"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#9fc6e7",
+      "natural": "#4285F4"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#4986e7",
+      "natural": "#3F51B5"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#9a9cff",
+      "natural": "#7986CB"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#b99aff",
+      "natural": "#B39DDB"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#c2c2c2",
+      "natural": "#616161"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#cabdbf",
+      "natural": "#A79B8E"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#cca6ac",
+      "natural": "#AD1457"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#f691b2",
+      "natural": "#D81B60"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#cd74e6",
+      "natural": "#8E24AA"
+    },
+    {
+      "api": "#a47ae2",
+      "natural": "#9E69AF"
+    }
+  ],
+  "eventRemap": [
+    {
+      "from": "11",
+      "to": "3"
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "4",
+      "to": "2"
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "6",
+      "to": "4"
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "5",
+      "to": "12"
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "7",
+      "to": "14"
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "9",
+      "to": "16"
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "1",
+      "to": "17"
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "3",
+      "to": "23"
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "8",
+      "to": "19"
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "2",
+      "to": "18"
+    },
+    {
+      "from": "10",
+      "to": "8"
+    }
+  ]
+}

quickstart.py

@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
 # If modifying these scopes, delete the file token.pickle.
 SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly']
 
-visibleList = ['Hightower', 'Home \ud83c\udfe0', 'Office', 'Life', 'Social', 'Grey']
+visibleList = ['Hightower', 'Home', 'Office', 'Life', 'Social', 'Grey']
 
 class Event:
-    def __init__(self, name_, colorId_, start_, end_):
+    def __init__(self, name_, start_, end_):
         self.name = name_
-        self.colorId = colorId_
+        self.eventColorId = 0
+        self.calendarColorId = 0 
+        self.naturalColorId = 0
         self.start = start_
         self.end = end_
         self.colorHex = '#adfff5'
@@ -56,7 +58,7 @@ class Event:
         if self.allDay:
             print(self.name + "All Day")
         else:
-            print(self.name + ": " + self.start + ", " + self.end)
+            print(self.name + ": " + self.NaturalColorId)
 
 
 class Calendar:
@@ -109,7 +111,6 @@ def getCalendars(service):
 def purgeCalendars(calendars):
     purged = []
     for calendar in calendars:
-        print(calendar.summary)
         if calendar.summary in visibleList:
             purged.append(calendar)
     return purged
@@ -129,22 +130,54 @@ def getCalendarEvents(service, startDate, endDate):
 
         for event in events_result.get('items', []):
             
+            # create simple event
             name = event['summary']
             start = event['start'].get('dateTime')
             end = event['end'].get('dateTime')
+            newEvent = Event(name, start, end)
+
+            # handle weird colors from google
             color = event.get('colorId')
             if color == None:
-                color = calendar.color
+                newEvent.calendarColorId = calendar.color
+            else:
+                newEvent.eventColorId = color
 
-            event = Event(name, color, start, end)
-            all_events.append(event)
+            
+            all_events.append(newEvent)
 
     return all_events
 
+def toCalendarColorId(colormap, colorId):
+    for remap in colormap['eventRemap']:
+        if remap['from'] == colorId:
+            return remap['to']
+
+    print(f"failed with {colorId}")
+    return colorId
+
+def toNaturalColor(colormap, orgColor):
+    for remap in colormap['colors']:
+        if remap['api'] == orgColor:
+            return remap['natural']
+
+    print(f"failed with {orgColor}")
+    return orgColor
+
 def colorizeEvents(allEvents, colors):
+
+    with open("colors.json") as f:
+        colormap = json.load(f)
+    
     for event in allEvents:
-        event.colorHex = colors['calendar'][event.colorId]['background']
+        if event.calendarColorId != 0:
+            orgColor = colors['calendar'][event.calendarColorId]['background']
+        else:
+            calColorId = toCalendarColorId(colormap, event.eventColorId)
+            orgColor = colors['calendar'][calColorId]['background']
         
+        event.colorHex = toNaturalColor(colormap, orgColor)
+         
 def toJson(events):
     data = {}
     data['kind'] = 'calendar#events'
@@ -153,6 +186,7 @@ def toJson(events):
     for event in events:
         if event.allDay:
             continue
+
         data['events'].append({
             'name': event.name,
             'isAllDay': event.allDay,
@@ -164,6 +198,10 @@ def toJson(events):
     with open('./calendarevents.json', 'w') as outfile:
         json.dump(data, outfile)
 
+def printColors(colors):
+    for i in range(1, 25):
+        col = colors['event'][str(i)]['background']
+        print(f"{i}: {col}")
 
 def main():
     service = calendarCredentials()