Tag Definition: color

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Attributes

Name	Required?	Default_Value	Values
CMYK	implied	None
RGB	implied	None
alias	implied	None
density	implied	None
id	required	None
spotName	implied	None
Can contain EMPTY

Purpose

To declare colors more precisely for use in various places in the document.

In most places that use colors by name or id you can also just specify a hex code.

A list of pre-defined colors can be found here.

See more about printing here

Example usage

They can be defined within or ➔

<docinit>
    <color id="my-favourite-colour3" CMYK="(.52,.12,0,.45)" spotName="PANTONE 288 CV"/>
</docinit>
<template>
    <pageTemplate id="Page" pageSize="(595, 842)">
        <pageGraphics>
            <fill color="my-favourite-colour1"/>
            <rect x="100" y="150" width="100" height="300" fill="1"/>
            <fill color="my-favourite-colour2"/>
            <rect x="400" y="150" width="100" height="300" fill="1"/>
            <fill color="my-favourite-colour3"/>
            <rect x="250" y="150" width="100" height="300" fill="1"/>
        </pageGraphics>
        <frame id="Frame 1" x1="30" y1="30" width="535" height="782" showBoundary="1"/>
    </pageTemplate>
</template>
<stylesheet>
    <initialize>
        <color id="my-favourite-colour1" CMYK="(.52,.12,0,.45)" density="1"/>
        <color id="my-favourite-colour2" RGB="(.262745098,.478431373,.545098039)" density="1"/>
    </initialize>
</stylesheet>
...

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