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GUIDE: COLOR AND SCRIPTING
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Key words: colors colours rgb scripting
Using color in SL scripting is fairly easy. If works by combining values of red, green, and blue light. They are stored like this:
Using color in SL scripting is fairly easy. If works by combining values of red, green, and blue light. They are stored like this:


< Red Value, Green Value, Blue Value >
< Red Value, Green Value, Blue Value >


Each red, green, or blue value can be between 0 (no color saturation) to 1 (total color saturation). Remember, these values are determined by combining the colors as if they were light, not paint. Therefore, the combination of all three in total saturation is white:
Each red, green, or blue value can be between 0.0 (no color saturation) to 1.0 (total color saturation). These values are determined by combining the colors as if they were light, not paint. Therefore, the combination of all three in total saturation is white:


<1,1,1> = white
The combination of all three with no saturation is black:
 
The combination of all three with no saturday is black:
 
<0,0,0> = black


If there is not saturation on two values, and the third is saturated, you get a pure color:
If there is not saturation on two values, and the third is saturated, you get a pure color:


<1,0,0> = red
{|class="wikitable" style="color:#fff;text-align:center;border: 1px solid #999; background: #111; " border="1"
|-
! Color !! Hexadecimal for CSS/HTML !! Vector for Second Life
|- style="background:#f00;color:#000"
! Red
| #ff0000
|<1.0, 0.0, 0.0>
|- style="background:#0f0;color:#000"
! Green
| #00ff00
|<0.0, 1.0, 0.0>
|- style="background:#00f;color:#fff"
! Blue
| #0000ff
|<0.0, 0.0, 1.0>
|- style="background:#ff7f00;color:#000"
! Orange
| #ff7f00
|<1.0, 0.5, 0.0>
|- style="background:#0ff;color:#000"
! Cyan
| #00ffff
|<0.0, 1.0, 1.0>
|- style="background:#ff007f;color:#000"
! Pink
| #ff007f
|<1.0, 0.0, 0.5>
|- style="background:#ff0;color:#000"
! Yellow
| #ffff00
|<1.0, 1.0, 0.0>
|- style="background:#909;color:#fff"
! Purple
| #990099
|<0.6, 0.0, 0.6>
|- style="background:#fff;color:#000;"
! White
| #ffffff
| <1.0, 1.0, 1.0>
|- style="background:#000;color:#fff"
! Black
| #000000
| <0.0, 0.0, 0.0>
|}


<0,1,0> = green
== Converting Hexadecimal to Vectors ==


<0,0,1> = blue
To convert from a hexadecimal values used in CSS or HTML to ones usable in Second Life scripting, first convert the number for the red, green and blue saturation from hexadecimal to decimal, then divide that number by 255. Do bear in mind that 3-digit codes are a shorthand form, so each digit should be doubled (F becomes FF, 4 becomes 44, 0 becomes 00 etc)


Mixing colors works as well:
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;border: 1px solid #000"
         
! Hexadecimal !! Decimal !! Saturation Float
<1,0.5,0> = orange
|-
 
| FF
<0,1,1> = cyan (ice blue)
| 255
 
| 1.0
<1,0,0.5> = pink
|-
 
| CC
<1,1,0.1> = yellow
| 204
 
| 0.8
<0.6,0,0.6> = purple
|-
 
| 00
To convert frmo a web hex values, Just do a conversion. On the web:
| 0
| 0.0
|}


FF = total saturation
FF = total saturation
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Therefore:
Therefore:


FF00FF = <1,0,1>
FF00FF = <1.0,0.0,1.0>
 
I hope this card helps!


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== Contributor ==
contributor:
[[User:FlipperPA Peregrine|FlipperPA Peregrine]]
FlipperPA Peregrine


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Revision as of 16:55, 8 January 2007

Using color in SL scripting is fairly easy. If works by combining values of red, green, and blue light. They are stored like this:

< Red Value, Green Value, Blue Value >

Each red, green, or blue value can be between 0.0 (no color saturation) to 1.0 (total color saturation). These values are determined by combining the colors as if they were light, not paint. Therefore, the combination of all three in total saturation is white:

The combination of all three with no saturation is black:

If there is not saturation on two values, and the third is saturated, you get a pure color:

Color Hexadecimal for CSS/HTML Vector for Second Life
Red #ff0000 <1.0, 0.0, 0.0>
Green #00ff00 <0.0, 1.0, 0.0>
Blue #0000ff <0.0, 0.0, 1.0>
Orange #ff7f00 <1.0, 0.5, 0.0>
Cyan #00ffff <0.0, 1.0, 1.0>
Pink #ff007f <1.0, 0.0, 0.5>
Yellow #ffff00 <1.0, 1.0, 0.0>
Purple #990099 <0.6, 0.0, 0.6>
White #ffffff <1.0, 1.0, 1.0>
Black #000000 <0.0, 0.0, 0.0>

Converting Hexadecimal to Vectors

To convert from a hexadecimal values used in CSS or HTML to ones usable in Second Life scripting, first convert the number for the red, green and blue saturation from hexadecimal to decimal, then divide that number by 255. Do bear in mind that 3-digit codes are a shorthand form, so each digit should be doubled (F becomes FF, 4 becomes 44, 0 becomes 00 etc)

Hexadecimal Decimal Saturation Float
FF 255 1.0
CC 204 0.8
00 0 0.0

FF = total saturation

00 = no saturation

00 on the web = 0 in Second Life

FF on the web = 1 in Second Life

Therefore:

FF00FF = <1.0,0.0,1.0>

Contributor

FlipperPA Peregrine