Limit to range of colors displayed by Label control?

13 Jul 2006 5:37 PM

Evan Stone

Hi,

I was just curious to know if there was a limit to the range of colors a
label control can display. For instance if I set a label control's ForeColor
to 28, 23, 15 it renders black (on my system, at least - but I'm running an
nVIDIA GeForce 440 MX 64MB card running in 32-bit color, which should be
plenty able to render that properly).

Anyway, it occurred to me that perhaps the label had a restricted color
range, and if this is the case, which other controls might this restriction
apply to?

thanks!

evan k. stone | software engineer
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santa rosa, ca, usa

13 Jul 2006 5:50 PM

GhostInAK

Hello Evan,

There is no restriction here. You simply chose a color that is indistinguishable
from black to the normal human eye.
RGB(28, 23, 15) = HTML Color: #1C170F. Try that in yer fav web browser..
it'll still look black.
You need to raise the brightness level.

-Boo

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> Hi,
>
> I was just curious to know if there was a limit to the range of colors
> a label control can display. For instance if I set a label control's
> ForeColor to 28, 23, 15 it renders black (on my system, at least - but
> I'm running an nVIDIA GeForce 440 MX 64MB card running in 32-bit
> color, which should be plenty able to render that properly).
>
> Anyway, it occurred to me that perhaps the label had a restricted
> color range, and if this is the case, which other controls might this
> restriction apply to?
>
> thanks!
>
> evan k. stone | software engineer
> ----------------------------------------
> santa rosa, ca, usa

13 Jul 2006 6:27 PM

Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )

Hi,

First of all it's not nice to crosspost to so many NGs , it's better to post
to just one.

There is no restriction at all. Post some code in case you do not solve your
problem
Also is this a web or a win app?

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Florida Department Of Transportation

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"Evan Stone" <recombinantspam_n0spaam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Ogl%23$LqpGHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I was just curious to know if there was a limit to the range of colors a
> label control can display. For instance if I set a label control's
> ForeColor to 28, 23, 15 it renders black (on my system, at least - but I'm
> running an nVIDIA GeForce 440 MX 64MB card running in 32-bit color, which
> should be plenty able to render that properly).
>
> Anyway, it occurred to me that perhaps the label had a restricted color
> range, and if this is the case, which other controls might this
> restriction apply to?
>
> thanks!
>
> evan k. stone | software engineer
> ----------------------------------------
> santa rosa, ca, usa
>
>

13 Jul 2006 10:41 PM

Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

"Evan Stone" <recombinantspam_n0spaam@hotmail.com> schrieb:
> I was just curious to know if there was a limit to the range of colors a
> label control can display. For instance if I set a label control's
> ForeColor to 28, 23, 15 it renders black (on my system, at least - but I'm
> running an nVIDIA GeForce 440 MX 64MB card running in 32-bit color, which
> should be plenty able to render that properly).

I am wondering how you determine that the text is rendered in black...

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