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make-object
red
green
blue
alpha
set
copy-from
is-immutable?
ok?

class

color% : class?

  superclass: object%

A color is an object representing a red-green-blue (RGB) combination of primary colors plus an “alpha” for opacity. Each red, green, or blue component of the color is an exact integer in the range 0 to 255, inclusive, and the alpha value is a real number between 0 and 1, inclusive. For example, (0, 0, 0, 1.0) is solid black, (255, 255, 255, 1.0) is solid white, (255, 0, 0, 1.0) is solid red, and (255, 0, 0, 0.5) is translucent red.

See color-database<%> for information about obtaining a color object using a color name, and see also make-color.

constructor

(make-object color%)  (is-a?/c color%)

(make-object color% red green blue [alpha])  (is-a?/c color%)
  red : byte?
  green : byte?
  blue : byte?
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = 1.0
(make-object color% color-name)  (is-a?/c color%)
  color-name : string?
Creates a new color with the given RGB values and alpha, or matching the given color name (using "black" if no color is given or if the name is not recognized). See color-database<%> for more information on color names.

method

(send a-color red)  byte?

Returns the red component of the color.

method

(send a-color green)  byte?

Returns the green component of the color.

method

(send a-color blue)  byte?

Returns the blue component of the color.

method

(send a-color alpha)  (real-in 0 1)

Returns the alpha component (i.e., opacity) of the color.

method

(send a-color set red green blue [alpha])  void?

  red : byte?
  green : byte?
  blue : byte?
  alpha : (real-in 0 1) = 1.0
Sets the four (red, green, blue, and alpha) component values of the color.

method

(send a-color copy-from src)  (is-a?/c color%)

  src : (is-a?/c color%)
Copies the RGB values of another color object to this one, returning this object as the result.

method

(send a-color is-immutable?)  boolean?

Returns #t if the color object is immutable.

See also make-color and find-color in color-database<%>.

method

(send a-color ok?)  #t

Returns #t to indicate that the color object is valid.

(Historically, the result could be #f, but color objects are now always valid.)