Colors

Colors can be of the following types:

CMYK - Specified with C, M, Y, and K color values
RGB - Specified with R, G, and B color values
Web - Specified with the Web color format (i.e. "FF0080" or "aqua")
Grayscale - Specified as a level of gray
Gradient - Specified with two color of the same type

These colors can be used with many of the Page Element objects. RGB and Web colors can be used with the Outline and Bookmark Objects.

CMYK Color

[ASP - VBScript]
Set CmykLabel = MyPage.AddLabel( "Hello World using CMYK color!", 10, 30, 70, 20 )
CmykLabel.TextColor = MyDocument.Colors.GetCmykColor( 1.0, 0.3, 0.4, 0.3 )

RGB Color

[ASP - VBScript]
Set RgbLabel = MyPage.AddLabel( "Hello World using RGB color!", 10, 50, 70, 20 )
RgbLabel.TextColor = MyDocument.Colors.GetRgbColor( 0.5, 0.3, 0.6 )

Web Color

[ASP - VBScript]
Set WebLabel = MyPage.AddLabel( "Hello World using Web color!", 10, 70, 70, 20 )
WebLabel.TextColor = MyDocument.Colors.GetWebColor("FF0080")

Grayscale

[ASP - VBScript]
Set GrayscaleLabel = MyPage.AddLabel( "Hello World using Grayscale!", 10, 90, 70, 20 )
GrayscaleLabel.TextColor = MyDocument.Colors.GetGrayscale( 0.3 )

Gradient

[ASP - VBScript]
Set RgbRectangle = MyPage.AddRectangle( 0, 0, 300, 300 )
RgbRectangle.FillColor = MyDocument.Colors.GetGradient( 0, 0, 200, 200, MyDocument.Colors.GetRgbColor( 0.1, 0.3, 0.1 ), MyDocument.Colors.GetRgbColor( 0.2, 0.8, 0.1 )

Spot Color

[ASP - VBScript]
Dim SpotLabel
Set SpotLabel = MyPage.AddLabel( "Hello World using Spot Color!", 10, 130, 70, 20 ) 
SpotLabel.TextColor = MyDocument.Colors.GetSpotColor( 1, MyDocument.Colors.GetSpotColorInk( "My Red", MyDocument.Colors.GetCmykColor( 0.2, 0.9, 0.5, 0.2 ) ) )

Predefined Colors

The color class includes over 140 predefined colors accessed through static property of the Color class by color name. These names correspond with the colors commonly used in web development. These can also be specified by name in the constructor of the WebColor class or from within an FormattedTextArea.

Backward Compatibility

Color can also be specified using the string value. This is for backward compatibility.