Using colors with
display formats
Applies to
Display formats
Description
You can define a color for each display format section by specifying
a color keyword before the format. The color keyword is the name of the
color, or a number that is the color’s RGB value, enclosed in square
brackets. For example:
|
1 2 |
[RED]m/d/yy [255]m/d/yy |
The following table lists the named color keywords.
|
[BLACK] |
[MAGENTA] |
|
[BLUE] |
[RED] |
|
[CYAN] |
[WHITE] |
|
[GREEN] |
[YELLOW] |
The formula for combining primary color values into a number
is:
|
1 |
256 * 256 * blue + 256 * green + red = number |
where the amount of each primary color is specified as a value from
0 to 255. For example, to specify cyan, substitute 255 for blue, 255 for
green, and 0 for red. The result is 16776960.
The following table lists the blue, green, and red values you can
use in the formula to specify other colors.
|
Blue |
Green |
Red |
Number |
Color |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 |
0 |
255 |
255 |
Red |
|
0 |
255 |
0 |
65280 |
Green |
|
0 |
128 |
255 |
32768 |
Dark Green |
|
255 |
0 |
0 |
16711680 |
Blue |
|
0 |
255 |
255 |
65535 |
Yellow |
|
0 |
128 |
128 |
328896 |
Brown |
|
255 |
255 |
0 |
16776960 |
Cyan |
|
192 |
192 |
192 |
12632256 |
Light Gray |