/// <summary>
/// Gets the 32-bit ARGB simple color from the given hex string.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The hex.</returns>
/// <param name="hex">Hex.</param>
public static SimpleColor FromHex(string hex)
{
if (hex == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("hex");
}
if (hex.Length < 7)
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("hex",
string.Format("The given string can never be a color: {0} too short.", hex));
}
if (hex.Length == 7)
{
return(SimpleColor.FromArgb(
Int32.Parse("FF" + hex.Replace("#", ""), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)));
}
else if (hex.Length == 9)
{
return(SimpleColor.FromArgb(
Int32.Parse(hex.Replace("#", ""), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)));
}
else if (hex.Length == 10)
{
return(SimpleColor.FromArgb(
Int32.Parse(hex.Replace("0x", ""), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)));
}
else
{
throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("hex",
string.Format("The given string can is not a hex-color: {0}.", hex));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the 32-bit ARGB simple color from the known color enumeration.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="kc"></param>
/// <param name="alpha"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static SimpleColor FromKnownColor(KnownColor kc, int alpha)
{
SimpleColor knownColor = SimpleColor.FromKnownColor(kc);
return(SimpleColor.FromArgb(alpha, knownColor.R, knownColor.G, knownColor.B));
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the 32-bit ARGB simple color from the specified 8-bit color values (red, green, and blue). The alpha value is implicitly 255 (fully opaque). Although this method allows a 32-bit value to be passed for each color component, the value of each component is limited to 8 bits.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="red"></param>
/// <param name="green"></param>
/// <param name="blue"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static SimpleColor FromArgb(int red, int green, int blue)
{
return(SimpleColor.FromArgb(255, red, green, blue));
}