Color#
Initializing the Color Class#
A Color is created by using the following constructor:
Color(value)
This constructor uses one parameter:
Parameter |
Description |
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The color’s value. This can be specified in four different ways:
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Constructing with a Hex value.
# Construct a yellow Color "yellow" with the Color class.
yellow = Color(0xfff700)
Constructing with RGB values.
# Construct a yellow Color "yellow" with the Color class.
yellow = Color(255, 247, 0)
Constructing with a web string.
# Construct a yellow Color "yellow" with the Color class.
yellow = Color("#fff700")
Constructing with an existing Color Type.
# Construct a yellow Color "yellow" with the Color class.
yellow = Color(Color.YELLOW)
This yellow object will be used in all subsequent examples throughout this API documentation when referring to Color class methods.
Class Methods#
rgb()#
The rgb(value) method changes the existing color instance using RGB values.
Parameters |
Description |
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The color value to be changed into an rgb value. |
Returns: An integer value representing the color.
# Change "yellow" to a different color using RGB values.
yellow.rgb(255, 200, 0)
hsv()#
The hsv(hue, saturation, value) method changes the existing color instance using hsv.
Parameters |
Description |
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An integer from 0 to 360 that represents the hue of the color. |
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A double from 0.0 to 1.0 that represents the saturation of the color. |
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A double from 0.0 to 1.0 that represents the brightness of the color. |
Returns: An integer value representing the color.
# Change yellow to a different color using HSV values.
color.hsv(47, 1, 1)
web()#
The web(value) method changes the existing color instance using a webstring.
Parameters |
Description |
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The color value in web format. |
Returns: An integer value representing the color.
# Change yellow to a different color using a webstring value.
yellow.web("#ffc800")
is_transparent()#
The is_transparent() method returns if the color is transparent or not.
Returns: True if the color is transparent. False if it is not.