# SETCOLORRGB (W*S)

Graphics Function: Sets the current graphics color to the specified Red-Green-Blue (RGB) value.

## Module

USE IFQWIN

result = SETCOLORRGB (color)

color | (Input) INTEGER(4). RGB color value to set the current graphics color to. Range and result depend on the system's display adapter.

## Results

The result type is INTEGER(4). The result is the previous RGB color value.

In each RGB color value, each of the three colors, red, green, and blue, is represented by an eight-bit value (2 hex digits). In the value you specify with SETCOLORRGB, red is the rightmost byte, followed by green and blue. The RGB value's internal structure is as follows:

Larger numbers correspond to stronger color intensity with binary 1111111 (hex Z'FF') the maximum for each of the three components. For example, Z'0000FF' yields full-intensity red, Z'00FF00' full-intensity green, Z'FF0000' full-intensity blue, and Z'FFFFFF' full-intensity for all three, resulting in bright white.

SETCOLORRGB sets the RGB color value of graphics over the background color, used by the following graphics functions: ARC, ELLIPSE, FLOODFILL, LINETO, OUTGTEXT, PIE, POLYGON, RECTANGLE, and SETPIXEL. SETBKCOLORRGB sets the RGB color value of the current background for both text and graphics. SETTEXTCOLORRGB sets the RGB color value of text over the background color (used by text functions such as OUTTEXT, WRITE, and PRINT).

SETCOLORRGB (and the other RGB color selection functions SETBKCOLORRGB, and SETTEXTCOLORRGB) sets the color to a value chosen from the entire available range. The non-RGB color functions (SETCOLOR, SETBKCOLOR, and SETTEXTCOLOR) use color indexes rather than true color values. If you use color indexes, you are restricted to the colors available in the palette, at most 256. Some display adapters (SVGA and true color) are capable of creating 262,144 (256K) colors or more. To access any available color, you need to specify an explicit RGB value with an RGB color function, rather than a palette index with a non-RGB color function.

## Example

     ! Build as a QuickWin or Standard Graphics App.
     USE IFQWIN
     INTEGER(2) numfonts
     INTEGER(4) oldcolor
     TYPE (xycoord) xy
     numfonts = INITIALIZEFONTS( )
     oldcolor = SETCOLORRGB(Z'0000FF')   ! red
     oldcolor = SETBKCOLORRGB(Z'00FF00') ! green
     CALL MOVETO(INT2(200), INT2(100), xy)
     CALL OUTGTEXT("hello, world")
     END

Parent topic: Graphics Library Routines

## See Also

SETBKCOLORRGB
SETTEXTCOLORRGB
GETCOLORRGB
ARC
ELLIPSE
FLOODFILLRGB
SETCOLOR
LINETO
OUTGTEXT
PIE
POLYGON
RECTANGLE
REMAPPALETTERGB
SETPIXELRGB
SETPIXELSRGB