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How to interpret the returned value from $.colorPicker()

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September 14, 2013
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Hi there

I have one questiion how do I interpret the returned value from this function:

$.colorPicker()

It returns a strange number how do I convert that into usable RGB values.

Any help would be really appeciated.

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Correct answer Dan Ebberts

This should help:

function hexToColor(theHex){

var r = theHex >> 16;

var g = (theHex & 0x00ff00) >> 8;

var b = theHex & 0xff;

return [r/255,g/255,b/255,1];

}

var hexColor = $.colorPicker();

var newColor = hexToColor(hexColor);

Dan

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This should help:

function hexToColor(theHex){

var r = theHex >> 16;

var g = (theHex & 0x00ff00) >> 8;

var b = theHex & 0xff;

return [r/255,g/255,b/255,1];

}

var hexColor = $.colorPicker();

var newColor = hexToColor(hexColor);

Dan

edgarSalgadoAuthor

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Thank you so much Dan it is exactly what I was lloking for.

Keep up with the good work