class Color < ActiveRecord::Base translates :name scope :alphabetical, lambda { with_translations(I18n.locale).order(Color::Translation.arel_table[:name]) } scope :basic, where(:basic => true) scope :standard, where(:standard => true) scope :nonstandard, where(:standard => false) def as_json(options={}) {:id => id, :name => human_name} end def human_name name.split(' ').map { |word| word.capitalize }.join(' ') end end