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This value is a 32-bit value used to specify an RGB color.

Syntax 

typedef DWORD COLORREF;
typedef DWORD* LPCOLORREF;

Members

None.

Remarks

When specifying an explicit RGB color, the COLORREFvalue has the following hexadecimal form.

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0x00bbggrr

The low-order byte contains a value for the relative intensity of red, the second byte contains a value for green, and the third byte contains a value for blue.

The high-order byte must be zero.

The maximum value for a single byte is 0xFF.

To create a COLORREFcolor value, use the RGBmacro.

To extract the individual values for the red, green, and blue components of a color value, use the GetRValue, GetGValue, and GetBValuemacros, respectively.

Requirements

Header windows.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

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