getcolor

Arguments

title

string, dialog title.

cini

initial selected color index. Default value is 1.

c

index of the selected color, or [] if the selection is canceled.

Description

getcolor opens a window displaying the palette of the current colormap, or of the default one if no graphical figure exists. The user can click on a color to show its index and its RGB values in the bottom bar. getcolor returns the index of the selected color, or [] if the "Cancel" button has been clicked or the window has been closed.

Examples

c = getcolor();

c = getcolor("Title foo", color("red")); // preselects the red

c = getcolor("Please choose a color");

--> c = getcolor("Please choose a color")
 c  =
   28.

See also

• uigetcolor — Opens a dialog for selecting a color.
• color_list — list of named colors
• color — returns the color id of a color
• colormap — set and/or get a figure colormap.