parse


Description:

public static bool parse (string spec, out Color color)

Parses a textual specification of a color and fill in the red, green, and blue fields of a Color.

Note:

Use RGBA

The string can either one of a large set of standard names (taken from the X11 `rgb.txt` file), or it can be a hexadecimal value in the form “#rgb” “#rrggbb”, “#rrrgggbbb” or “#rrrrggggbbbb” where “r”, “g” and “b” are hex digits of the red, green, and blue components of the color, respectively. (White in the four forms is “#fff”, “#ffffff”, “#fffffffff” and “#ffffffffffff”).

Parameters:

spec

the string specifying the color

color

the Color to fill in

Returns:

true if the parsing succeeded




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