Best way to convert color values

[Craig Newman]

Hi.

If Paul’s post is not viable, I don’t think there is any native gadget (like “convert”) that applies to the different color formats. Fairly simple to roll your own, depending on how comprehensive you need it.

Craig

> On Aug 7, 2024, at 12:04 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> You have RGB colors (0-255,0-255,0-255), Hex colors (#000000 - #FFFFFF) and named colors ("blue") in Livecode
> 
> Any built in way (via some trick) to convert between color value formats?
> 
> I can always write a routine to convert RGB to Hex and Hex to RGB, but I am wondering if there is some clever trick in Livecode to do this.
> 
> For example: answer color -- returns RGB, but the htmlText of a line wants <p bgcolor="#NNNNNN"> </p>
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
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