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 , Section , 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)
• spotcolor: 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).

saturation (number, optional, since version 4.19.40)

The amount of color printed for the spot color (range from 0 = no color to 1 = full color). Defaults to 1

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