COLORREF

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

typedef DWORD COLORREF;
typedef DWORD *LPCOLORREF;

Remarks

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

Runs on	Versions	Defined in	Include	Link to
Windows CE OS	1.0 and later	Windef.h

Note   This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.

See Also

GetBValue, GetGValue, GetRValue, RGB, SetBkColor

 Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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