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- Hello, world!
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  - TableNewPage
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# DefineColor

Colors defined with DefineColors can be referenced later by their name.

## Child elements

(none)

## Parent elements

`AtPageCreation`, `AtPageShipout`, `Case`, `Contents`, `ForAll`, `Include`, `Layout`, `While`

## Attributes

`alpha` (number, optional, since version 4.3.15)

  Set the opacity of the color. (0-100/255, where 0 is invisible)

`b` (0 to 100 or 0 to 255, optional)

  Blue part with rgb (0-100) or RGB (0-255).

`c` (0 up to 100, optional)

  Cyan part with cmyk (0-100).

`colorname` (text, optional)

  The name of the spot color if model is »spotcolor«. The name must match the required color name, such as »PANTONE 116 C«.

`g` (0 to 100 or 0 to 255, optional)

  Green part with rgb (0-100) or RGB (0-255) / gray part when using the model gray (0-100).

`k` (0 up to 100, optional)

  Black part with cmyk (0-100).

`m` (0 up to 100, optional)

  Magenta part with cmyk (0-100)

`model` (optional)

  Color model to be used for the color. Currently “rgb”, “cmyk”, “gray” and “spotcolor” are supported.

  `cmyk`

    CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, key/black), values between 0 and 100 (100 = full intensity)

  `rgb`

    rgb (red, green, blue), values between 0 and 100, 100 means full intensity

  `RGB`

    rgb (red, green, blue), values between 0 and 255, 255 means full intensity

  `gray`

    Gray (0=black, 100=white)

  `spotcolor`

    Use a PANTONE or HKS color.

`name` (text)

  The name of the color to be defined.

`overprint` (optional)

  Enable overprint for this color.

  `yes`

    Enable overprint for this color.

  `no`

    Disable overprint for this color (default).

`r` (0 to 100 or 0 to 255, optional)

  Red part with rgb (0-100) or RGB (0-255).

`value` (text, optional)

  Hex value of the color, such as `#FA5` or `#FFAA55` or `rgb(255,170,85)` or `rgba(255,170,85,1)`.

`y` (0 up to 100, optional)

  Yellow part with cmyk (0-100).

## Example

    <DefineColor name="black" model="cmyk" c="0" m="0" y="0" k="100"/>
    <DefineColor name="white" model="rgb" r="100" g="100" b="100"/>

## Info

The CSS level 3 colors are predefined in RGB-space. See http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/ for the definitions. That means you can use common colors such as `red` or `goldenrod` without using DefineColor.

The predefined colors are: `aliceblue`, `black`, `orange`, `rebeccapurple`, `antiquewhite`, `aqua`, `aquamarine`, `azure`, `beige`, `bisque`, `blanchedalmond`, `blue`, `blueviolet`, `brown`, `burlywood`, `cadetblue`, `chartreuse`, `chocolate`, `coral`, `cornflowerblue`, `cornsilk`, `crimson`, `darkblue`, `darkcyan`, `darkgoldenrod`, `darkgray`, `darkgreen`, `darkgrey`, `darkkhaki`, `darkmagenta`, `darkolivegreen`, `darkorange`, `darkorchid`, `darkred`, `darksalmon`, `darkseagreen`, `darkslateblue`, `darkslategray`, `darkslategrey`, `darkturquoise`, `darkviolet`, `deeppink`, `deepskyblue`, `dimgray`, `dimgrey`, `dodgerblue`, `firebrick`, `floralwhite`, `forestgreen`, `fuchsia`, `gainsboro`, `ghostwhite`, `gold`, `goldenrod`, `gray`, `green`, `greenyellow`, `grey`, `honeydew`, `hotpink`, `indianred`, `indigo`, `ivory`, `khaki`, `lavender`, `lavenderblush`, `lawngreen`, `lemonchiffon`, `lightblue`, `lightcoral`, `lightcyan`, `lightgoldenrodyellow`, `lightgray`, `lightgreen`, `lightgrey`, `lightpink`, `lightsalmon`, `lightseagreen`, `lightskyblue`, `lightslategray`, `lightslategrey`, `lightsteelblue`, `lightyellow`, `lime`, `limegreen`, `linen`, `maroon`, `mediumaquamarine`, `mediumblue`, `mediumorchid`, `mediumpurple`, `mediumseagreen`, `mediumslateblue`, `mediumspringgreen`, `mediumturquoise`, `mediumvioletred`, `midnightblue`, `mintcream`, `mistyrose`, `moccasin`, `navajowhite`, `navy`, `oldlace`, `olive`, `olivedrab`, `orangered`, `orchid`, `palegoldenrod`, `palegreen`, `paleturquoise`, `palevioletred`, `papayawhip`, `peachpuff`, `peru`, `pink`, `plum`, `powderblue`, `purple`, `red`, `rosybrown`, `royalblue`, `saddlebrown`, `salmon`, `sandybrown`, `seagreen`, `seashell`, `sienna`, `silver`, `skyblue`, `slateblue`, `slategray`, `slategrey`, `snow`, `springgreen`, `steelblue`, `tan`, `teal`, `thistle`, `tomato`, `turquoise`, `violet`, `wheat`, `white`, `whitesmoke`, `yellow` and `yellowgreen`

## See also

The section about colors.

- Copy-of
- DefineColorprofile