They may be used within the context of Microsoft applications for the Macintosh, but should not be used when communicating color changes directly to the Macintosh operating system. The RGB color values returned by this function are incompatible with those used by the Macintosh operating system. The following table lists some standard colors and the red, green, and blue values they include: Color The value for any argument to RGB that exceeds 255 is assumed to be 255. An RGB color value specifies the relative intensity of red, green, and blue to cause a specific color to be displayed. Number in the range 0вЂ“255, inclusive, that represents the blue component of the color.ДЄpplication methods and properties that accept a color specification expect that specification to be a number representing an RGB color value. Number in the range 0вЂ“255, inclusive, that represents the green component of the color. Number in the range 0вЂ“255, inclusive, that represents the red component of the color.

The RGB function syntax has these named arguments: Part Mixing colors can be so much fun, and you can do this in a program such as PowerPoint too.Returns a Long whole number representing an RGB color value. Along with the Primary and SecondaryД¬olors, you now see that 12 colors can be found within the color wheel shown in Figure 3, below.ДЇigure 3: Color wheel with three Primary, three Secondary, and six Tertiary Colors These six colors are what we call Tertiary Colors. Now let us get a little more creative and further mix the 3 Primary colors in mathematical proportions to make 6 more colors: Color These three colors, Yellow, Cyan, and Magenta are what we call Secondary Colors, that you can see in addition to the PrimaryД¬olors within the color wheel shown in Figure 2, below.ДЇigure 2: Color wheel with three Primary and three Secondary Colors And you end with Magenta with equal parts of Red and Blue вЂ“ these are all shown in the table below. Similarly equal parts of Green and Blue create Cyan. Mixing 255 parts of both Red and Green with 0 parts of Blue makes Yellow. We won't get into all 16 million colors for now, but let us get a little more creative and mix these 3 Primary Colors to make 3 Multiply 255 variations of Red with a similar number of variations of Green and Blue, and you end up with 16 million colors! 16 million equalsДў55 x 255 x 255. These three colors are what we call Primary Colors, that you can see within the color wheel shown in Figure 1, below.ДЇigure 1: Color wheel with three Primary Colors There is a way you express these values, as explained in this table below. Thus if you have 255 parts of Red combined with 0 parts of both Green and Blue, you'll end up with Red. These are represented as values that range from 0 to

Let us call these proportions 'parts',ДЄnd then mix colors! So how many parts do we need? The RGB color model uses 256 parts. To create new colors from multiple colors, what you need to do is mix these colors in some proportions.

With these 3 primary colors, you can create around 16 million distinct colors! How does that happen? Let's explore further. RGB is essentially an abbreviation for Red Green Blue. Red, Blue, and Green, and that explains why this model is called the RGB color model. The three primary colors of this electronic color model are Color in electronic devices is made up from light, as already discussed in ourД¬olor Models article.

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