Version: 3.0.3

#include <wx/colour.h>

+ Inheritance diagram for wxColour:

Detailed Description

A colour is an object representing a combination of Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) intensity values, and is used to determine drawing colours.

See the entry for wxColourDatabase for how a pointer to a predefined, named colour may be returned instead of creating a new colour.

Valid RGB values are in the range 0 to 255.

You can retrieve the current system colour settings with wxSystemSettings.

Library:  wxCore
Category:  Graphics Device Interface (GDI)

Predefined objects/pointers:

See also
wxColourDatabase, wxPen, wxBrush, wxColourDialog, wxSystemSettings

Public Member Functions

 wxColour ()
 Default constructor. More...
 
 wxColour (unsigned char red, unsigned char green, unsigned char blue, unsigned char alpha=wxALPHA_OPAQUE)
 
 wxColour (const wxString &colourName)
 
 wxColour (unsigned long colRGB)
 
 wxColour (const wxColour &colour)
 Copy constructor. More...
 
virtual unsigned char Alpha () const
 Returns the alpha value, on platforms where alpha is not yet supported, this always returns wxALPHA_OPAQUE. More...
 
virtual unsigned char Blue () const
 Returns the blue intensity. More...
 
virtual wxString GetAsString (long flags=wxC2S_NAME|wxC2S_CSS_SYNTAX) const
 Converts this colour to a wxString using the given flags. More...
 
wxIntPtr GetPixel () const
 Returns a pixel value which is platform-dependent. More...
 
virtual unsigned char Green () const
 Returns the green intensity. More...
 
virtual bool IsOk () const
 Returns true if the colour object is valid (the colour has been initialised with RGB values). More...
 
virtual unsigned char Red () const
 Returns the red intensity. More...
 
bool operator!= (const wxColour &colour) const
 Tests the inequality of two colours by comparing individual red, green, blue colours and alpha values. More...
 
wxColouroperator= (const wxColour &colour)
 Assignment operator, using a colour name to be found in the colour database. More...
 
bool operator== (const wxColour &colour) const
 Tests the equality of two colours by comparing individual red, green, blue colours and alpha values. More...
 
wxColourMakeDisabled (unsigned char brightness=255)
 Make a disabled version of this colour. More...
 
wxColour ChangeLightness (int ialpha) const
 wxColour wrapper for ChangeLightness(r,g,b,ialpha). More...
 
void SetRGB (wxUint32 colRGB)
 Sets the RGB or RGBA colour values from a single 32 bit value. More...
 
void SetRGBA (wxUint32 colRGBA)
 Sets the RGB or RGBA colour values from a single 32 bit value. More...
 
wxUint32 GetRGB () const
 Gets the RGB or RGBA colour values as a single 32 bit value. More...
 
wxUint32 GetRGBA () const
 Gets the RGB or RGBA colour values as a single 32 bit value. More...
 
void Set (unsigned char red, unsigned char green, unsigned char blue, unsigned char alpha=wxALPHA_OPAQUE)
 Sets the RGB intensity values using the given values (first overload), extracting them from the packed long (second overload), using the given string (third overload). More...
 
void Set (unsigned long RGB)
 Sets the RGB intensity values using the given values (first overload), extracting them from the packed long (second overload), using the given string (third overload). More...
 
bool Set (const wxString &str)
 Sets the RGB intensity values using the given values (first overload), extracting them from the packed long (second overload), using the given string (third overload). More...
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from wxObject
 wxObject ()
 Default ctor; initializes to NULL the internal reference data. More...
 
 wxObject (const wxObject &other)
 Copy ctor. More...
 
virtual ~wxObject ()
 Destructor. More...
 
virtual wxClassInfoGetClassInfo () const
 This virtual function is redefined for every class that requires run-time type information, when using the wxDECLARE_CLASS macro (or similar). More...
 
wxObjectRefDataGetRefData () const
 Returns the wxObject::m_refData pointer, i.e. the data referenced by this object. More...
 
bool IsKindOf (const wxClassInfo *info) const
 Determines whether this class is a subclass of (or the same class as) the given class. More...
 
bool IsSameAs (const wxObject &obj) const
 Returns true if this object has the same data pointer as obj. More...
 
void Ref (const wxObject &clone)
 Makes this object refer to the data in clone. More...
 
void SetRefData (wxObjectRefData *data)
 Sets the wxObject::m_refData pointer. More...
 
void UnRef ()
 Decrements the reference count in the associated data, and if it is zero, deletes the data. More...
 
void UnShare ()
 This is the same of AllocExclusive() but this method is public. More...
 
void operator delete (void *buf)
 The delete operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier WXDEBUG is defined. More...
 
void * operator new (size_t size, const wxString &filename=NULL, int lineNum=0)
 The new operator is defined for debugging versions of the library only, when the identifier WXDEBUG is defined. More...
 

Static Public Member Functions

static void MakeMono (unsigned char *r, unsigned char *g, unsigned char *b, bool on)
 Assign 0 or 255 to rgb out parameters. More...
 
static void MakeDisabled (unsigned char *r, unsigned char *g, unsigned char *b, unsigned char brightness=255)
 Create a disabled (dimmed) colour from (in/out) rgb parameters. More...
 
static void MakeGrey (unsigned char *r, unsigned char *g, unsigned char *b)
 Create a grey colour from (in/out) rgb parameters using integer arithmetic. More...
 
static void MakeGrey (unsigned char *r, unsigned char *g, unsigned char *b, double weight_r, double weight_g, double weight_b)
 Create a grey colour from (in/out) rgb parameters using floating point arithmetic. More...
 
static unsigned char AlphaBlend (unsigned char fg, unsigned char bg, double alpha)
 Blend colour, taking alpha into account. More...
 
static void ChangeLightness (unsigned char *r, unsigned char *g, unsigned char *b, int ialpha)
 ChangeLightness() is a utility function that simply darkens or lightens a color, based on the specified percentage ialpha of 0 would be completely black, 200 completely white an ialpha of 100 returns the same colour. More...
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Protected Member Functions inherited from wxObject
void AllocExclusive ()
 Ensure that this object's data is not shared with any other object. More...
 
virtual wxObjectRefDataCreateRefData () const
 Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and returns it. More...
 
virtual wxObjectRefDataCloneRefData (const wxObjectRefData *data) const
 Creates a new instance of the wxObjectRefData-derived class specific to this object and initializes it copying data. More...
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from wxObject
wxObjectRefDatam_refData
 Pointer to an object which is the object's reference-counted data. More...
 

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

wxColour::wxColour ( )

Default constructor.

wxColour::wxColour ( unsigned char  red,
unsigned char  green,
unsigned char  blue,
unsigned char  alpha = wxALPHA_OPAQUE 
)
Parameters
redThe red value.
greenThe green value.
blueThe blue value.
alphaThe alpha value. Alpha values range from 0 (wxALPHA_TRANSPARENT) to 255 (wxALPHA_OPAQUE).
wxColour::wxColour ( const wxString colourName)
Parameters
colourNameThe colour name.
wxColour::wxColour ( unsigned long  colRGB)
Parameters
colRGBA packed RGB value.
wxColour::wxColour ( const wxColour colour)

Copy constructor.

Member Function Documentation

virtual unsigned char wxColour::Alpha ( ) const
virtual

Returns the alpha value, on platforms where alpha is not yet supported, this always returns wxALPHA_OPAQUE.

static unsigned char wxColour::AlphaBlend ( unsigned char  fg,
unsigned char  bg,
double  alpha 
)
static

Blend colour, taking alpha into account.

Since
2.9.0
virtual unsigned char wxColour::Blue ( ) const
virtual

Returns the blue intensity.

static void wxColour::ChangeLightness ( unsigned char *  r,
unsigned char *  g,
unsigned char *  b,
int  ialpha 
)
static

ChangeLightness() is a utility function that simply darkens or lightens a color, based on the specified percentage ialpha of 0 would be completely black, 200 completely white an ialpha of 100 returns the same colour.

Since
2.9.0
wxColour wxColour::ChangeLightness ( int  ialpha) const

wxColour wrapper for ChangeLightness(r,g,b,ialpha).

Since
2.9.0
virtual wxString wxColour::GetAsString ( long  flags = wxC2S_NAME|wxC2S_CSS_SYNTAX) const
virtual

Converts this colour to a wxString using the given flags.

The supported flags are wxC2S_NAME, to obtain the colour name (e.g. wxColour(255,0,0) == "red"), wxC2S_CSS_SYNTAX, to obtain the colour in the "rgb(r,g,b)" or "rgba(r,g,b,a)" syntax (e.g. wxColour(255,0,0,85) == "rgba(255,0,0,0.333)"), and wxC2S_HTML_SYNTAX, to obtain the colour as "#" followed by 6 hexadecimal digits (e.g. wxColour(255,0,0) == "#FF0000").

This function never fails and always returns a non-empty string but asserts if the colour has alpha channel (i.e. is non opaque) but wxC2S_CSS_SYNTAX (which is the only one supporting alpha) is not specified in flags.

Since
2.7.0
wxIntPtr wxColour::GetPixel ( ) const

Returns a pixel value which is platform-dependent.

On Windows, a COLORREF is returned. On X, an allocated pixel value is returned. If the pixel is invalid (on X, unallocated), -1 is returned.

wxUint32 wxColour::GetRGB ( ) const

Gets the RGB or RGBA colour values as a single 32 bit value.

The returned value is of the same form as expected by SetRGB() and SetRGBA().

Notice that GetRGB() returns the value with 0 as its highest byte independently of the value actually returned by Alpha(). So for a fully opaque colour, the return value of GetRGBA() is 0xFFBBGGRR while that of GetRGB() is 0x00BBGGRR.

Since
2.9.1
wxUint32 wxColour::GetRGBA ( ) const

Gets the RGB or RGBA colour values as a single 32 bit value.

The returned value is of the same form as expected by SetRGB() and SetRGBA().

Notice that GetRGB() returns the value with 0 as its highest byte independently of the value actually returned by Alpha(). So for a fully opaque colour, the return value of GetRGBA() is 0xFFBBGGRR while that of GetRGB() is 0x00BBGGRR.

Since
2.9.1
virtual unsigned char wxColour::Green ( ) const
virtual

Returns the green intensity.

virtual bool wxColour::IsOk ( ) const
virtual

Returns true if the colour object is valid (the colour has been initialised with RGB values).

static void wxColour::MakeDisabled ( unsigned char *  r,
unsigned char *  g,
unsigned char *  b,
unsigned char  brightness = 255 
)
static

Create a disabled (dimmed) colour from (in/out) rgb parameters.

Since
2.9.0
wxColour& wxColour::MakeDisabled ( unsigned char  brightness = 255)

Make a disabled version of this colour.

This method modifies the object in place and returns the object itself.

Since
2.9.5
static void wxColour::MakeGrey ( unsigned char *  r,
unsigned char *  g,
unsigned char *  b 
)
static

Create a grey colour from (in/out) rgb parameters using integer arithmetic.

Since
2.9.0
static void wxColour::MakeGrey ( unsigned char *  r,
unsigned char *  g,
unsigned char *  b,
double  weight_r,
double  weight_g,
double  weight_b 
)
static

Create a grey colour from (in/out) rgb parameters using floating point arithmetic.

Defaults to using the standard ITU-T BT.601 when converting to YUV, where every pixel equals (R * weight_r) + (G * weight_g) + (B * weight_b).

Since
2.9.0
static void wxColour::MakeMono ( unsigned char *  r,
unsigned char *  g,
unsigned char *  b,
bool  on 
)
static

Assign 0 or 255 to rgb out parameters.

Since
2.9.0
bool wxColour::operator!= ( const wxColour colour) const

Tests the inequality of two colours by comparing individual red, green, blue colours and alpha values.

wxColour& wxColour::operator= ( const wxColour colour)

Assignment operator, using a colour name to be found in the colour database.

See also
wxColourDatabase
bool wxColour::operator== ( const wxColour colour) const

Tests the equality of two colours by comparing individual red, green, blue colours and alpha values.

virtual unsigned char wxColour::Red ( ) const
virtual

Returns the red intensity.

void wxColour::Set ( unsigned char  red,
unsigned char  green,
unsigned char  blue,
unsigned char  alpha = wxALPHA_OPAQUE 
)

Sets the RGB intensity values using the given values (first overload), extracting them from the packed long (second overload), using the given string (third overload).

When using third form, Set() accepts: colour names (those listed in wxColourDatabase), the CSS-like "rgb(r,g,b)" or "rgba(r,g,b,a)" syntax (case insensitive) and the HTML-like syntax: "#" followed by 6 hexadecimal digits for red, green, blue components.

Returns true if the conversion was successful, false otherwise.

Since
2.7.0
void wxColour::Set ( unsigned long  RGB)

Sets the RGB intensity values using the given values (first overload), extracting them from the packed long (second overload), using the given string (third overload).

When using third form, Set() accepts: colour names (those listed in wxColourDatabase), the CSS-like "rgb(r,g,b)" or "rgba(r,g,b,a)" syntax (case insensitive) and the HTML-like syntax: "#" followed by 6 hexadecimal digits for red, green, blue components.

Returns true if the conversion was successful, false otherwise.

Since
2.7.0
bool wxColour::Set ( const wxString str)

Sets the RGB intensity values using the given values (first overload), extracting them from the packed long (second overload), using the given string (third overload).

When using third form, Set() accepts: colour names (those listed in wxColourDatabase), the CSS-like "rgb(r,g,b)" or "rgba(r,g,b,a)" syntax (case insensitive) and the HTML-like syntax: "#" followed by 6 hexadecimal digits for red, green, blue components.

Returns true if the conversion was successful, false otherwise.

Since
2.7.0
void wxColour::SetRGB ( wxUint32  colRGB)

Sets the RGB or RGBA colour values from a single 32 bit value.

The arguments colRGB and colRGBA should be of the form 0x00BBGGRR and 0xAABBGGRR respectively where 0xRR, 0xGG, 0xBB and 0xAA are the values of the red, blue, green and alpha components.

Notice the right-to-left order of components!

See also
GetRGB(), GetRGBA()
Since
2.9.1
void wxColour::SetRGBA ( wxUint32  colRGBA)

Sets the RGB or RGBA colour values from a single 32 bit value.

The arguments colRGB and colRGBA should be of the form 0x00BBGGRR and 0xAABBGGRR respectively where 0xRR, 0xGG, 0xBB and 0xAA are the values of the red, blue, green and alpha components.

Notice the right-to-left order of components!

See also
GetRGB(), GetRGBA()
Since
2.9.1