$COLOR

$COLOR is a metacommand that adds named color constants in a program.

Syntax

$COLOR:0

$COLOR:32

Description

• $COLOR:0 adds constants for colors 0-15. The actual constant names can be found in the file source/utilities/color0.bi.
• $COLOR:32 adds constants for 32-bit colors, similar to HTML color names. The actual constant names can be found in the file source/utilities/color32.bi.
• $COLOR is a shorthand to manually using $INCLUDE pointing to the files listed above.
• Not compatible with $NOPREFIX.

Examples

Example 1: Adding named color constants for SCREEN 0:

$COLOR:0 COLOR BrightWhite, Red PRINT "Bright white on red."

Example 2: Adding named color constants for 32-bit modes:

SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(640, 400, 32) $COLOR:32 COLOR CrayolaGold, DarkCyan PRINT "CrayolaGold on DarkCyan."

See also

• COLOR, SCREEN
• _NEWIMAGE, $INCLUDE
• Metacommand

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