Re: Color data type

It surprises me because I was not thinking of this as a 'structure'. :-)

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Stuart Laughlin
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 3:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [DOTNET-WINFORMS] Color data type

On 5/1/07, Peter Osucha <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> So it seems that the Color data type is a value type (which surprises
> me).
>

I'm surprised that it surprises you. :)

I think Color is a perfect example of a value type. Red is red, after
all, and there is no sense in differentiating between 'this red'
(R:255 G:0 B:0) and 'that red' (R:255 G:0 B:0).

In other words, the value of a color is determined by its RGB values,
and if color A and color B have the same RGB values then they are
indeed the same color (i.e. equal), regardless of where those RGB
values are stored in memory.


--Stuart