PDFColor

Representation of color in pdf documents.

1. Intro
2. Writer
3. Document
4. Cursor
5. Color
   1. Object
   2. Constructor
   3. Setters
   4. Copy
   5. Color Reference
6. Table
7. Cell Formats

Object

PDF colors are stored by rbg. A generic PDFColor defaults to black if no rbg value is entered.

There are 3 types of colors you can set in a document. Type, draw and fill. You should not have to worry about the types when working through the document and writer.

Constructor

PDFColor(red=0, green=0, blue=0, name=None)

Returns: PDFColor object

• red (int):

  • Must be between 0 - 255

• green (int):

  • Must be between 0 - 255

• blue (int):

  • Must be between 0 - 255

• name (string):

  • Set color from color reference.

Setters

color.set_color_by_name(name)

• name (string):
  • Must be a color from the color reference.

color.set_color_by_number(red, green, blue)

• red (int):

  • Must be between 0 - 255

• green (int):

  • Must be between 0 - 255

• blue (int):

  • Must be between 0 - 255

Copy Method

color.copy()

Returns: PDFColor object

• Copies the color object.

Color Name Chart

Colors included for reference by name.