DefineColor

Colors defined with DefineColors can be referenced later by their name.

Child elements

(none)

Parent elements

AtPageCreation, AtPageShipout, Case, Contents, ForAll, Include, Layout, Loop, Otherwise, Record, SavePages, Until, While

Attributes

alpha (number, optional, since version 4.3.15)

Set the opacity of the color. (0-100/255, where 0 is invisible)

b (0 to 100 or 0 to 255, optional)

Blue part with rgb (0-100) or RGB (0-255).

c (0 up to 100, optional)

Cyan part with cmyk (0-100).

colorname (text, optional)

The name of the spot color if model is »spotcolor«. The name must match the required color name, such as »PANTONE 116 C«.

g (0 to 100 or 0 to 255, optional)

Green part with rgb (0-100) or RGB (0-255) / gray part when using the model gray (0-100).

k (0 up to 100, optional)

Black part with cmyk (0-100).

m (0 up to 100, optional)

Magenta part with cmyk (0-100)

model (optional)

Color model to be used for the color. Currently “rgb”, “cmyk”, “gray” and “spotcolor” are supported.

cmyk

CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, key/black), values between 0 and 100 (100 = full intensity)

rgb

rgb (red, green, blue), values between 0 and 100, 100 means full intensity

RGB

rgb (red, green, blue), values between 0 and 255, 255 means full intensity

gray

Gray (0=black, 100=white)

spotcolorPRO

Use a PANTONE or HKS color.

name (text)

The name of the color to be defined.

overprint (optional)

Enable overprint for this color.

yes

Enable overprint for this color.

no

Disable overprint for this color (default).

r (0 to 100 or 0 to 255, optional)

Red part with rgb (0-100) or RGB (0-255).

usecolorprofile (yes or no, optional, since version 4.19.33)

If yes, make this color definition based on an ICC profile (default).

value (text, optional)

Hex value of the color, such as #FA5 or #FFAA55 or rgb(255,170,85) or rgba(255,170,85,1).

y (0 up to 100, optional)

Yellow part with cmyk (0-100).

Example

<DefineColor name="black" model="cmyk" c="0" m="0" y="0" k="100"/>
<DefineColor name="white" model="rgb" r="100" g="100" b="100"/>

Info

The CSS level 3 colors are predefined in RGB-space. See http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/ for the definitions. That means you can use common colors such as red or goldenrod without using DefineColor.

The predefined colors are: aliceblue, black, orange, rebeccapurple, antiquewhite, aqua, aquamarine, azure, beige, bisque, blanchedalmond, blue, blueviolet, brown, burlywood, cadetblue, chartreuse, chocolate, coral, cornflowerblue, cornsilk, crimson, darkblue, darkcyan, darkgoldenrod, darkgray, darkgreen, darkgrey, darkkhaki, darkmagenta, darkolivegreen, darkorange, darkorchid, darkred, darksalmon, darkseagreen, darkslateblue, darkslategray, darkslategrey, darkturquoise, darkviolet, deeppink, deepskyblue, dimgray, dimgrey, dodgerblue, firebrick, floralwhite, forestgreen, fuchsia, gainsboro, ghostwhite, gold, goldenrod, gray, green, greenyellow, grey, honeydew, hotpink, indianred, indigo, ivory, khaki, lavender, lavenderblush, lawngreen, lemonchiffon, lightblue, lightcoral, lightcyan, lightgoldenrodyellow, lightgray, lightgreen, lightgrey, lightpink, lightsalmon, lightseagreen, lightskyblue, lightslategray, lightslategrey, lightsteelblue, lightyellow, lime, limegreen, linen, maroon, mediumaquamarine, mediumblue, mediumorchid, mediumpurple, mediumseagreen, mediumslateblue, mediumspringgreen, mediumturquoise, mediumvioletred, midnightblue, mintcream, mistyrose, moccasin, navajowhite, navy, oldlace, olive, olivedrab, orangered, orchid, palegoldenrod, palegreen, paleturquoise, palevioletred, papayawhip, peachpuff, peru, pink, plum, powderblue, purple, red, rosybrown, royalblue, saddlebrown, salmon, sandybrown, seagreen, seashell, sienna, silver, skyblue, slateblue, slategray, slategrey, snow, springgreen, steelblue, tan, teal, thistle, tomato, turquoise, violet, wheat, white, whitesmoke, yellow and yellowgreen

See also

The section about colors.