Name
NSColor — Mac OS X 10.0
Synopsis
This class represents a color in the Application Kit. Each color has
a colorspace
associated with it, and the color components that are recognized by
that color space. NSColor
supports six color
spaces identified by the following constants:
NSDeviceCMYKColorSpace
NSDeviceWhiteColorSpace
NSDeviceRGBColor
NSCalibratedWhiteColorSpace
NSCalibratedRGBColorSpace
NSNamedColorSpace
Calibrated colorspaces use Apple’s ColorSync technology to ensure that colors look the same on all output devices. Device colorspaces, on the other hand, do not employ ColorSync calibration, and the appearance of colors is thus device-dependent.
The set
method is one of the most commonly used
methods of NSColor
, as it sets the color that all
subsequent drawing operations should use. NSColor
declares a number of methods for determining the values of various
color components, converting colors between colorspaces, creating
NSColor
objects by changing components of an
existing color object, and more. Additionally, there are a number of
convenience contructors such as blueColor
,
redColor
, and blackColor
that
return premade colors without having to specify component values.
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@interface NSColor : NSObject <NSCoding, NSCopying>
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// Convenience Constructors
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+ (NSColor *)colorForControlTint:(NSControlTint)controlTint; |
+ (NSColor *)colorFromPasteboard:(NSPasteboard *)pasteBoard ... |
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