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October 5, 2022
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Can't get spot color RGB values

  • October 5, 2022
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Hi all, I have the following snippet. For the else statement I am getting undefined for all values. The path is a PathItem. Any thoughts on where I'm going astray? Thanks. 

var rgb = " ;
if (path.fillColor.typename !== "SpotColor") {
    if (path.fillColor.typename == "RGBColor") {
        rgb = path.fillColor.red + "" + path.fillColor.green + path.fillColor.blue;
    }
}
else {
    rgb = path.fillColor.spot.spotKind + ":" + path.fillColor.spot.red + "" + path.fillColor.spot.green + 
    path.fillColor.spot.blue;
}
$.writeln(rgb);

 

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    Correct answer Charu Rajput

    @brian_p_dts 

    In addition to what @m1b said, also I noticed, you are using wrong property. To fetch the red, you need to use spot.color.red not spot.red

    Try following version

     

    var rgb = "";
var _path = app.selection[0];
if (_path.fillColor.typename !== "SpotColor") {
    if (_path.fillColor.typename == "RGBColor") {
        rgb = _path.fillColor.red + "" + _path.fillColor.green + _path.fillColor.blue;
    }
}
else {
    rgb = _path.fillColor.spot.spotKind + " : " + _path.fillColor.spot.color.red + "" + _path.fillColor.spot.color.green + 
    _path.fillColor.spot.color.blue;
}
$.writeln(rgb);

     

    3 replies

    m1b
    Community Expert
    m1bCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 6, 2022

    Actually I had another thought. Getting the fillColor from a path item isn't straightforward. For example, if your path item is a CompoundPathItem, then it doesn't have a fillColor property at all (you must get its first pathItems element's fillColor).

    - Mark

      brian_p_dts
      Community Expert
      brian_p_dtsCommunity ExpertAuthor
      Community Expert
      October 6, 2022

      Yeah, I was accounting for compound items when getting to the path variable. Charu's solution ended up being correct; I was missing the .color at the end of spot. Spots are so weird! Good tip about path, though it doesn't appear to have caused the issue. 

      Sergey Osokin
      Sergey Osokin
      Inspiring
      October 7, 2022

      Spot not weird. If you look at the documentation, Spot is an object with a set of properties. "Color" data is just one of the subobjects. There is an even shorter way to get an array of Spot colors using getInternalColor(): var arr = selection[0].fillColor.spot.getInternalColor(). The difference is that you get the color values without rounding.

      Charu Rajput
      Community Expert
      Charu RajputCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      October 6, 2022

      @brian_p_dts 

      In addition to what @m1b said, also I noticed, you are using wrong property. To fetch the red, you need to use spot.color.red not spot.red

      Try following version

       

      var rgb = "";
var _path = app.selection[0];
if (_path.fillColor.typename !== "SpotColor") {
    if (_path.fillColor.typename == "RGBColor") {
        rgb = _path.fillColor.red + "" + _path.fillColor.green + _path.fillColor.blue;
    }
}
else {
    rgb = _path.fillColor.spot.spotKind + " : " + _path.fillColor.spot.color.red + "" + _path.fillColor.spot.color.green + 
    _path.fillColor.spot.color.blue;
}
$.writeln(rgb);

       

      Best regards
        m1b
        Community Expert
        m1bCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        October 5, 2022

        Hi @brian_p_dts, I think it is because Illustrator is notoriously messy with its own global vars, including "path". For example run this script, even in a fresh session, "$.writeln(path)" and you will get a result (the equivalent of "app.path"). Same goes for "selection" which is same as "app.selection". Bad Illustrator!

         

        So try changing your var name from path to pathItem, or something. Very annoying but I think that is the problem here. I have been caught by it before.

        - Mark

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