info(“colornames”)
info(“colornames”)

The info(“colornames”) function returns a list of color names that can be used as a text object background and with the htmlcolor( function.

Description

This function returns a carriage return delimited list of color names that can be used as a text object background (see Text Object Background Color/Gradient)and with the htmlcolor( function.

For example, this formula will return a list of available blue colors:

    replace(arraystrip(arrayfilter(info("colornames"),cr(),{?(import() contains "blue",import(),"")}),cr()),cr(),", ")

At the time this documentation list was written, there were 20 available blue colors:

> lightsteelblue, royalblue, dodgerblue, powderblue, darkslateblue, blue, aliceblue, cadetblue, lightblue, midnightblue, mediumblue, steelblue, blueviolet, cornflowerblue, darkblue, deepskyblue, mediumslateblue, skyblue, slateblue, lightskyblue

See Also

- alpha( -- extracts the alpha (opacity) from a color.
- black( -- returns black as a Panorama color value (see Colors).
- blue( -- extracts the blue intensity from a color.
- brightness( -- extracts the brightness from a color.
- Colors -- Using colors in Panorama formulas and procedures.
- colorwheel -- allows the user to pick a color using the operating systems standard color picker dialog
- formcolor -- changes the background color of the current form.
- getwebcolor( -- calculates an RGB color from a Netscape style web color.
- gray( -- returns a shade of gray as a Panorama color value (see Colors).
- green( -- extracts the green intensity from a color.
- hsb( -- creates a color by combining hue, saturation, and brightness components. See Colors.
- htmlcolor( -- converts a color name into a hex HTML color (RRGGBB format).
- htmlcolorarray( -- generates a text array of HTML colors that gradually transition from one color to another.
- htmlrgb( -- converts text formatted as an HTML color into a Panorama color value (see Colors).
- htmlrgbstr( -- converts a color to text formatted as an HTML color.
- hue( -- extracts the hue from a color.
- info("formcolor") -- returns the background color of the current form.
- red( -- extracts the red intensity from a color.
- rgb( -- creates a color by combining red, green, and blue primary colors. See Colors.
- rgbstr( -- converts a color into text in the format *red,green,blue*.
- saturation( -- extracts the saturation from a color.
- white( -- returns white as a Panorama color value (see Colors).

History

Version | Status | Notes
10.2 | New | New in this version.