RGB valuesfor a color name

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, James Hurley wrote:

> I'm surprise that mouseColor is the only function that returns the RGV
> values of named colors.

This is the way I do it (requires an object).  Starting with a graphic, for
example:

set the backColor of grc 1 to <colorname>
set the backPixel of grc 1 to the effective backPixel of grc 1
get the backcolor of grc 1

Not sure why it works, but it does for me.

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design