RGB values for a color name

[Richmond Mathewson]

Aha, gottit (Thanks for the hint Phil); new version now available at:

http://mathewson.110mb.com/FILEZ/COLORNAMER.rev.zip

Code in list field "KNAMES" changed to:

on mouseDown
  get the clickText
  put the clickText into fld "SELECT"
  set the backgroundColor of grc "KOLOR" to the clickText
end mouseDown

but script now added to graphic "KOLOR":

on mouseDown
  put the mouseColor into fld "fRGB"
end mouseDown

so, select your color with its "Campy, House Designer Color" from the
list field; then click on the colored graphic to get its RGB value.

Cripes, its way past my bedtime . . . Love, Richmond.

Phil Davis wrote:
> Depending on your use, maybe this will help:
>
>  set the backgroundColor of control <yourColorObject> to "gray40"
>  set the screenMouseLoc to globalLoc(the loc of <yourColorObject>)
>  put the mouseColor -- puts "102,102,102"
>
> Judging from this and Richmond's reply, it appears you have to do the 
> name-to-triplet translation indirectly, through the setting and 
> getting of an object's properties. But maybe someone else will pipe in...
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
>
> James Hurley wrote:
>> How do I translate a color name (Blue1 for example) into its RGB 
>> values? Programatically.
>>
>> Jim Hurley 
>