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
b
(0 up to 100, optional)
-
Blue part with RGB
c
(0 up to 100, optional)
-
Cyan part with CMYK
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 up to 100, optional)
-
Green part with RGB / gray part when using the model gray
k
(0 up to 100, optional)
-
Black part with CMYK
m
(0 up to 100, optional)
-
Magenta part with CMYK
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 up to 100, optional)
-
Red part with RGB
value
(text, optional)
-
Hex value of the color, such as
#FA5
or #FFAA55
.
y
(0 up to 100, optional)
-
Yellow part with CMYK
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.