getcolor

Arguments

title

string, dialog title.

cini

initial selected color id. Default value is 1.

c

selected color id or [] if the selection is cancelled.

Description

getcolor opens a window displaying the palette of the current colormap. The user can click on a color to show its id and RGB values. getcolor returns the id of the selected color or [] if the "Cancel" button has been clicked or the window closed.

Examples

getcolor();

getcolor("Title foo");

getcolor("foo",21); // Select the red

See Also

• color — returns the color id of a color
• colormap — using colormaps
• getmark — dialog to select mark (symbol). Obsolete function
• getfont — dialog to select font .Obsolete function.