wx.ColourDatabase

wxWidgets maintains a database of standard RGB colours for a predefined set of named colours.

The application may add to this set if desired by using AddColour and may use it to look up colours by names using Find or find the names for the standard colour using FindName.

There is one predefined, global instance of this class called wx.TheColourDatabase .

The standard database contains at least the following colours:

AQUAMARINE	FIREBRICK	MEDIUM FOREST GREEN	RED
BLACK	FOREST GREEN	MEDIUM GOLDENROD	SALMON
BLUE	GOLD	MEDIUM ORCHID	SEA GREEN
BLUE VIOLET	GOLDENROD	MEDIUM SEA GREEN	SIENNA
BROWN	GREY	MEDIUM SLATE BLUE	SKY BLUE
CADET BLUE	GREEN	MEDIUM SPRING GREEN	SLATE BLUE
CORAL	GREEN YELLOW	MEDIUM TURQUOISE	SPRING GREEN
CORNFLOWER BLUE	INDIAN RED	MEDIUM VIOLET RED	STEEL BLUE
CYAN	KHAKI	MIDNIGHT BLUE	TAN
DARK GREY	LIGHT BLUE	NAVY	THISTLE
DARK GREEN	LIGHT GREY	ORANGE	TURQUOISE
DARK OLIVE GREEN	LIGHT STEEL BLUE	ORANGE RED	VIOLET
DARK ORCHID	LIME GREEN	ORCHID	VIOLET RED
DARK SLATE BLUE	MAGENTA	PALE GREEN	WHEAT
DARK SLATE GREY	MAROON	PINK	WHITE
DARK TURQUOISE	MEDIUM AQUAMARINE	PLUM	YELLOW
DIM GREY	MEDIUM BLUE	PURPLE	YELLOW GREEN

See also

wx.Colour

Class Hierarchy

Inheritance diagram for class ColourDatabase:

Methods Summary

__init__	Constructs the colour database.
AddColour	Adds a colour to the database.
Find	Finds a colour given the name.
FindColour
FindName	Finds a colour name given the colour.

Class API

class wx.ColourDatabase(object)

Possible constructors:

ColourDatabase()

wxWidgets maintains a database of standard RGB colours for a predefined set of named colours.

Methods

__init__(self)

Constructs the colour database.

It will be initialized at the first use.

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AddColour(self, colourName, colour)

Adds a colour to the database.

If a colour with the same name already exists, it is replaced.

Parameters

• colourName (string) –

• colour (wx.Colour) –

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Find(self, colourName)

Finds a colour given the name.

Returns an invalid colour object (that is, wx.Colour.IsOk will return False) if the colour wasn’t found in the database.

Parameters

colourName (string) –

Return type

wx.Colour

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FindColour(self, colour)

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FindName(self, colour)

Finds a colour name given the colour.

Returns an empty string if the colour is not found in the database.

Parameters

colour (wx.Colour) –

Return type

string