Colors
When creating rich text content to play back in other applications, there are a number of color options to choose from. These options are described below. This first chart lists the colors that map to the closest matching color in the system palette.
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Program Color |
Matching System Palette Color |
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clNone |
White on Windows 9x, Black on NT |
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clBlack |
Black |
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clMaroon |
Maroon |
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clGreen |
Green |
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clOlive |
Olive green |
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clNavy |
Navy blue |
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clPurple |
Purple |
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clTeal |
Teal |
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clGray |
Gray |
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clSilver |
Silver |
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clRed |
Red |
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clLime |
Lime green |
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clYellow |
Yellow |
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clBlue |
Blue |
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clFuchsia |
Fuchsia |
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clAqua |
Aqua |
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clWhite |
White |
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clMoneyGreen |
Mint green |
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clSkyBlue |
Sky blue |
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clCream |
Cream |
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clMedGray |
Medium Gray |
The chart below lists the colors defined in the Color section of the Windows Control panel.
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Program Option |
Description |
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cl3DDkShadow |
Dark shadow for three-dimensional display elements Windows 95 or NT 4.0 only |
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cl3DLight |
Light color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source) Windows 95 or NT 4.0 only |
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clActiveBorder |
Border color of the active window |
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clActiveCaption |
Color of the title bar of the active window |
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clAppWorkSpace |
Color of the application workspace |
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clBackground |
Background color of the Windows desktop |
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clBtnFace |
Color of a button face |
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clBtnHighlight |
Color of the highlighting on a button |
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clBtnShadow |
Color of a shadow cast by a button |
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clBtnText |
Color of text on a button |
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clCaptionText |
Color of the text on the title bar of the active window |
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clDefault |
The default color for the control to which the color is assigned. |
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clGradientActiveCaption |
Right side color in the color gradient of an active window's title bar. clActiveCaption specifies the left side color. Windows 98 or Windows 2000 |
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clGradientInactiveCaption |
Right side color in the color gradient of an inactive window's title bar. clInactiveCaption specifies the left side color. Windows 98 or Windows 2000 |
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clGrayText |
Color of text that is dimmed |
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clHotLight |
Color of a Hot Track item |
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clHighlight |
Background color of selected text |
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clHightlightText |
Color of selected text |
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clInactiveBorder |
Border color of inactive windows |
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clInactiveCaption |
Color of the title bar of inactive windows |
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clInactiveCaptionText |
Color of the text on the title bar of an inactive window |
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clInfoBk |
Background color for tool tip controls |
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clInfoText |
Text color for tool tip controls |
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clMenu |
Background color of menus |
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clMenuBar |
Color of the menu bar |
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clMenuHighlight |
Color of highlighted text on menus |
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clMenuText |
Color of text on menus |
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clScrollBar |
Color for the of scroll bar track |
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clWindow |
Background color of windows |
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clWindowFrame |
Color of window frames |
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clWindowText |
Color of text in windows |