2 The COLOR Package

get-color-spec

Function

Summary

Returns the color-spec for a color.

Package

color

Signature

get-color-spec color => color-spec

Arguments

color: A defined color specification, color alias, or an original color name.

Values

color-spec: A color specification.

Description

Returns the color-spec for color, which can be a color-spec, a color-alias, or an original color name.

Example

COLOR 28 > (color:define-color-alias :lispworks-blue 
               (color:make-rgb 0.70s0 0.90s0 0.99s0))
(#S(COLOR-ALIAS COLOR #(:RGB 0.699999S0 0.9S0 0.99S0)))

COLOR 29 > (color:define-color-alias 
               :color-background :lispworks-blue)
(#S(COLOR-ALIAS COLOR :LISPWORKS-BLUE))

COLOR 30 > (color:define-color-alias 
               :listener-background :color-background)
(#S(COLOR-ALIAS COLOR :COLOR-BACKGROUND))

COLOR 31 > (get-color-spec :listener-background)
#(:RGB 0.699999S0 0.9S0 0.99S0)

COLOR 32 > (get-color-spec :color-background)
#(:RGB 0.699999S0 0.9S0 0.99S0)

COLOR 33 > (get-color-spec :lispworks-blue)
#(:RGB 0.699999S0 0.9S0 0.99S0)

COLOR 34 > (get-color-spec 
             #(:RGB 0.70s0 0.90s0 0.99s0))
#(:RGB 0.699999S0 0.9S0 0.99S0)

COLOR 35 >

See also

define-color-alias get-color-alias-translation