Best way to convert color values

[Paul Dupuis]

Wow Andreas!

You win on the best response!

A free library of 70 color functions is way more than I need (but will 
likely need more than I think I do)

Thank you.

On 8/7/2024 12:24 PM, Andreas Bergendal via use-livecode wrote:
> No need to reinvent that particular wheel when the awesome guys at
> FerrusLogic has had us covered for years:
> https://github.com/Ferruslogic/TinyColor
>
> /Andreas
>
> ons 7 aug. 2024 kl. 18:18 skrev Craig Newman via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
>
>> 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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