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COLORREF

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This value is a 32-bit value used to specify an RGB color.

typedef DWORD COLORREF;
typedef DWORD* LPCOLORREF;

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When specifying an explicit RGB color, the COLORREF value has the following hexadecimal form.

0x00bbggrr

The low-order byte contains a value for the relative intensity of red, the second byte contains a value for green, and the third byte contains a value for blue. The high-order byte must be zero. The maximum value for a single byte is 0xFF.

To create a COLORREF color value, use the RGB macro. To extract the individual values for the red, green, and blue components of a color value, use the GetRValue, GetGValue, and GetBValue macros, respectively.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later.
Header: Windows.h.

See Also

GetBValue | GetGValue | GetRValue | RGB | SetBkColor | GDI Structures

Last updated on Wednesday, April 13, 2005

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