As per the question title, How could I take a hex code and convert it to a .Net Color object, and do it the other way?
I googled and keep getting the same way which doesn't work.
ColorTranslator.ToHtml(renderedChart.ForeColor)
Which returns the name of the color as in 'White' instead of '#ffffff'! Doing it the other way seems to have odd results, only working some of the time...
Something like :
Color color = Color.Red;
string colorString = string.Format("#{0:X2}{1:X2}{2:X2}",
color.R, color.G, color.B);
Doing it the other way is a little more complex as #F00 is a valid html color (meaning full red) but it is still doable using regex, here is a small sample class :
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public static class HtmlColors
{
public static string ToHtmlHexadecimal(this Color color)
{
return string.Format("#{0:X2}{1:X2}{2:X2}", color.R, color.G, color.B);
}
static Regex htmlColorRegex = new Regex(
@"^#((?'R'[0-9a-f]{2})(?'G'[0-9a-f]{2})(?'B'[0-9a-f]{2}))"
+ @"|((?'R'[0-9a-f])(?'G'[0-9a-f])(?'B'[0-9a-f]))$",
RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
public static Color FromHtmlHexadecimal(string colorString)
{
if (colorString == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("colorString");
}
var match = htmlColorRegex.Match(colorString);
if (!match.Success)
{
var msg = "The string \"{0}\" doesn't represent"
msg += "a valid HTML hexadecimal color";
msg = string.Format(msg, colorString);
throw new ArgumentException(msg,
"colorString");
}
return Color.FromArgb(
ColorComponentToValue(match.Groups["R"].Value),
ColorComponentToValue(match.Groups["G"].Value),
ColorComponentToValue(match.Groups["B"].Value));
}
static int ColorComponentToValue(string component)
{
Debug.Assert(component != null);
Debug.Assert(component.Length > 0);
Debug.Assert(component.Length <= 2);
if (component.Length == 1)
{
component += component;
}
return int.Parse(component,
System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
}
}
Usage :
// Display #FF0000
Console.WriteLine(Color.Red.ToHtmlHexadecimal());
// Display #00FF00
Console.WriteLine(HtmlColors.FromHtmlHexadecimal("#0F0").ToHtmlHexadecimal());
// Display #FAF0FE
Console.WriteLine(HtmlColors.FromHtmlHexadecimal("#FAF0FE").ToHtmlHexadecimal());
"White" is a valid HTML color. Please see ColorTranslator.ToHtml
:
This method translates a Color
structure to a string representation
of an HTML color. This is the commonly
used name of a color, such as "Red",
"Blue", or "Green", and not string
representation of a numeric color
value, such as "FF33AA".
If your color cannot be mapped to a HTML color string this method will return the valid hex for the color. See this example:
using System;
using System.Drawing;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine(ColorTranslator.ToHtml(Color.White));
Console.WriteLine(ColorTranslator.ToHtml(Color.FromArgb(32,67,89)));
}
}
If you will convert the color back with {ColorTranslator.FromHTML}, 'White' is a valid string for a HTML color. But I've found that this implementation needs a # symbol before the string that represents the color if it isn't common (for example, it works with White, and #FFFFFF, but it doesn't with #White or FFFFFF).
So I tried putting the conversion inside a try/catch block, made the conversion adding '#'to the string and if it threw an exception then I caught it and made the conversion without #.
I have written my own .net extension for simple converting from hex to integer and integer(ARGB) to color and vise versa:
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Runtime.CompilerServices
Public Module ColorsExt
Private Sub example_for_usage()
Dim hex As String
Dim c As Color = Color.Red
hex = c.ToHexString() 'Converts color to hexadecimal string'
c = hex.ToIntegerFromHex().ToColor() 'Gets Integer value from the hex string and simply convert it to Color()'
End Sub
<Extension> _
Public Function ToColor(ByVal argb As Integer) As Color
Return Color.FromArgb(argb)
End Function
<Extension> _
Public Function ToIntegerFromHex(ByVal argb_hex_string As String) As Integer
Return Int("&H" + argb_hex_string)
End Function
<Extension> _
Public Function ToHexString(ByVal c As Color) As String
Return String.Format("{0:X2}{1:X2}{2:X2}{3:X2}", c.A, c.R, c.G, c.B)
End Function
<Extension> _
Public Sub FromHexString(ByVal c As Color, ByVal hex As String)
c = hex.ToIntegerFromHex().ToColor()
End Sub
<Extension> _
Public Function ToHexString(ByVal c As Integer) As String
Return String.Format("{0:X8}", c)
End Function
<Extension> _
Public Function ToArgb(ByVal c As Color) As Integer
Return (c.A * &HFF0000) + (c.R * &HFF00) + (c.G * &HFF) + (c.B)
End Function
End Module
Look into Color.ToARGB()
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.drawing.color.toargb.aspx