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snorpey YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 35 Germany

convert string to color Jul 21st, 2009, 10:22am   Hi, I've got a problem with colors. The following code draws a red background, Code: String hs = "E4010A"; color hi = unhex(hs); background(hi); whereas this code won't fill my box with red color. Code: String hs = "E4010A"; color hi = unhex(hs); fill(hi); stroke(255); rect(30, 20, 55, 55); What's wrong? How do I convert a hex color value (without #) saved in a string to a color?

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PhiLho  YaBB Moderator Offline Posts: 4190 Near Paris (France)	Re: convert string to color Reply #1 - Jul 21st, 2009, 10:37am   Classical issue: the color is an ARGB one, ie. with transparency, set to 00 by unhex, so fully transparent. background() ignore transparency, so it works. For fill, you can do: Code: String hs = "E4010A"; color hi = unhex("FF" + hs); fill(hi); stroke(255); rect(30, 20, 55, 55); for example.