ColorMixin:GenerateHexColor()

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These functions are implemented in :GenerateHexColor FrameXML/Util.lua.

Returns a hex representation used in an escape sequence.

hexColor = color:GenerateHexColor()
hexMarkup = color:GenerateHexColorMarkup()

Returns

hexColor

string - Eight hexadecimal digits as AARRGGBB, but the first two are always ff even if the ColorMixin had a custom alpha.

hexMarkup

string - Same as hexColor, but preceeded with |c to produce an escape sequence, |cffRRGGBB.

Patch changes

• Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): GenerateHexColorMarkup() added.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): GenerateHexColor() added.
  

See also

• ColorMixin:WrapTextInColorCode(text) - Wraps text with both the hexMarkup and |r.
• CreateColorFromHexString(hexColor) - Creates a new ColorMixin using an argument similar to the return from GenerateHexColor().