NAME

       XcmsQueryColor, XcmsQueryColors, XcmsLookupColor - obtain color values

SYNTAX

       Status   XcmsQueryColor(Display  *display,  Colormap  colormap,  XcmsColor  *color_in_out,
              XcmsColorFormat result_format);

       Status XcmsQueryColors(Display *display,  Colormap  colormap,  XcmsColor  colors_in_out[],
              unsigned int ncolors, XcmsColorFormat result_format);

       Status  XcmsLookupColor(Display  *display,  Colormap colormap, _Xconst char *color_string,
              XcmsColor  *color_exact_return,  XcmsColor  *color_screen_return,   XcmsColorFormat
              result_format);

ARGUMENTS

       display   Specifies the connection to the X server.

       colormap  Specifies the colormap.

       color_exact_return
                 Returns  the color specification parsed from the color string or parsed from the
                 corresponding string found in a color-name database.

       color_in_out
                 Specifies the pixel member that indicates the color cell to  query.   The  color
                 specification stored for the color cell is returned in this XcmsColor structure.

       color_screen_return
                 Returns the color that can be reproduced on the screen.

       color_string
                 Specifies the color string.

       result_format
                 Specifies   the   color   format   for   the   returned   color   specifications
                 (color_screen_return  and  color_exact_return  arguments).   If  the  format  is
                 XcmsUndefinedFormat   and   the   color   string   contains  a  numerical  color
                 specification, the  specification  is  returned  in  the  format  used  in  that
                 numerical  color  specification.   If  the format is XcmsUndefinedFormat and the
                 color string contains a color name, the specification is returned in the  format
                 used to store the color in the database.

       ncolors   Specifies the number of XcmsColor structures in the color-specification array.

DESCRIPTION

       The  XcmsQueryColor function obtains the RGB value for the pixel value in the pixel member
       of the specified XcmsColor structure and then converts the value to the target  format  as
       specified  by  the  result_format  argument.   If  the  pixel  is not a valid index in the
       specified colormap, a BadValue error results.  The XcmsQueryColors  function  obtains  the
       RGB values for pixel values in the pixel members of XcmsColor structures and then converts
       the values to the target format as specified by the result_format argument.  If a pixel is
       not a valid index into the specified colormap, a BadValue error results.  If more than one
       pixel is in error, the one that gets reported is arbitrary.

       XcmsQueryColor and XcmsQueryColors can generate BadColor and BadValue errors.

       The XcmsLookupColor function looks up the string name of  a  color  with  respect  to  the
       screen associated with the specified colormap.  It returns both the exact color values and
       the closest values provided by the screen with respect to the visual type of the specified
       colormap.  The values are returned in the format specified by result_format.  If the color
       name is not in the  Host  Portable  Character  Encoding,  the  result  is  implementation-
       dependent.   Use  of  uppercase  or  lowercase  does  not matter.  XcmsLookupColor returns
       XcmsSuccess or XcmsSuccessWithCompression if the name is resolved; otherwise,  it  returns
       XcmsFailure.   If XcmsSuccessWithCompression is returned, the color specification returned
       in color_screen_return is the result of gamut compression.

DIAGNOSTICS

       BadColor  A value for a Colormap argument does not name a defined Colormap.

       BadValue  Some numeric value falls outside the range of values accepted  by  the  request.
                 Unless  a specific range is specified for an argument, the full range defined by
                 the argument's type is accepted.  Any argument defined as a set of  alternatives
                 can generate this error.

SEE ALSO

       XcmsAllocColor(3), XcmsStoreColor(3), XQueryColor(3)
       Xlib - C Language X Interface