The Color class contains color information to be used while painting in Canvas. Color supports ColorSpaces with 3 components, plus one for alpha.

Creating

Color can be created with one of these methods:

// from 4 separate [Float] components. Alpha and ColorSpace are optional
val rgbaWhiteFloat = Color(red = 1f, green = 1f, blue = 1f, alpha = 1f,
    ColorSpace.get(ColorSpaces.Srgb))
// from a 32-bit SRGB color integer
val fromIntWhite = Color(android.graphics.Color.WHITE)
val fromLongBlue = Color(0xFF0000FF)
// from SRGB integer component values. Alpha is optional
val rgbaWhiteInt = Color(red = 0xFF, green = 0xFF, blue = 0xFF, alpha = 0xFF)

Representation

A Color always defines a color using 4 components packed in a single 64 bit long value. One of these components is always alpha while the other three components depend on the color space's color model. The most common color model is the RGB model in which the components represent red, green, and blue values.

Component ranges: the ranges defined in the tables below indicate the ranges that can be encoded in a color long. They do not represent the actual ranges as they may differ per color space. For instance, the RGB components of a color in the Display P3 color space use the [0..1] range. Please refer to the documentation of the various color spaces to find their respective ranges.

Alpha range: while alpha is encoded in a color long using a 10 bit integer (thus using a range of [0..1023]), it is converted to and from [0..1] float values when decoding and encoding color longs.

sRGB color space: for compatibility reasons and ease of use, Color encoded sRGB colors do not use the same encoding as other color longs.

| Component | Name        | Size    | Range                 |
|-----------|-------------|---------|-----------------------|
| [RGB][ColorSpace.Model.Rgb] color model |
| R | Red | 16 bits | `[-65504.0, 65504.0]` |
| G | Green | 16 bits | `[-65504.0, 65504.0]` |
| B | Blue | 16 bits | `[-65504.0, 65504.0]` |
| A | Alpha | 10 bits | `[0..1023]` |
| | Color space | 6 bits | `[0..63]` |
| [SRGB][ColorSpaces.Srgb] color space |
| A | Alpha | 8 bits | `[0..255]` |
| R | Red | 8 bits | `[0..255]` |
| G | Green | 8 bits | `[0..255]` |
| B | Blue | 8 bits | `[0..255]` |
| X | Unused | 32 bits | `[0]` |
| [XYZ][ColorSpace.Model.Xyz] color model |
| X | X | 16 bits | `[-65504.0, 65504.0]` |
| Y | Y | 16 bits | `[-65504.0, 65504.0]` |
| Z | Z | 16 bits | `[-65504.0, 65504.0]` |
| A | Alpha | 10 bits | `[0..1023]` |
| | Color space | 6 bits | `[0..63]` |
| [Lab][ColorSpace.Model.Lab] color model |
| L | L | 16 bits | `[-65504.0, 65504.0]` |
| a | a | 16 bits | `[-65504.0, 65504.0]` |
| b | b | 16 bits | `[-65504.0, 65504.0]` |
| A | Alpha | 10 bits | `[0..1023]` |
| | Color space | 6 bits | `[0..63]` |

The components in this table are listed in encoding order, which is why color longs in the RGB model are called RGBA colors (even if this doesn't quite hold for the special case of sRGB colors).

The color encoding relies on half-precision float values (fp16). If you wish to know more about the limitations of half-precision float values, please refer to the documentation of the Float16 class.

The values returned by these methods depend on the color space encoded in the color long. The values are however typically in the [0..1] range for RGB colors. Please refer to the documentation of the various color spaces for the exact ranges.

Summary

Nested types

Public companion functions

Color
hsl(
    hue: Float,
    saturation: Float,
    lightness: Float,
    alpha: Float,
    colorSpace: Rgb
)

Return a Color from hue, saturation, and lightness (HSL representation).

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Color
hsv(hue: Float, saturation: Float, value: Float, alpha: Float, colorSpace: Rgb)

Return a Color from hue, saturation, and value (HSV representation).

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Public companion properties

Color
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Color
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Color
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Color
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Color
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Color
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Color
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Color
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Color
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Color
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Color

Because Color is an inline class, this represents an unset value without having to box the Color.

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Color
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Color
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Public constructors

Color(value: ULong)
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Public functions

inline operator Float
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inline operator Float
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inline operator Float
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inline operator Float
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inline operator ColorSpace
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Color
convert(colorSpace: ColorSpace)

Converts this color from its color space to the specified color space.

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Color
copy(alpha: Float, red: Float, green: Float, blue: Float)

Copies the existing color, changing only the provided values.

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open String

Returns a string representation of the object.

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Public properties

Float

Returns the value of the alpha component in the range [0..1].

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Float

Returns the value of the blue component in the range defined by this color's color space (see ColorSpace.getMinValue and ColorSpace.getMaxValue).

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ColorSpace

Returns this color's color space.

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Float

Returns the value of the green component in the range defined by this color's color space (see ColorSpace.getMinValue and ColorSpace.getMaxValue).

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Float

Returns the value of the red component in the range defined by this color's color space (see ColorSpace.getMinValue and ColorSpace.getMaxValue).

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ULong
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Extension functions

Color
Color.compositeOver(background: Color)

Composites this color on top of background using the Porter-Duff 'source over' mode.

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Float

Returns the relative luminance of this color.

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inline Color
Color.takeOrElse(block: () -> Color)

If this color isSpecified then this is returned, otherwise block is executed and its result is returned.

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@ColorInt Int

Converts this color to an ARGB color int.

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Extension properties

Boolean

false when this is Color.Unspecified.

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Boolean

true when this is Color.Unspecified.

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Public companion functions

hsl

fun hsl(
    hue: Float,
    saturation: Float,
    lightness: Float,
    alpha: Float = 1.0f,
    colorSpace: Rgb = ColorSpaces.Srgb
): Color

Return a Color from hue, saturation, and lightness (HSL representation).

Parameters
hue: Float

The color value in the range (0..360), where 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue

saturation: Float

The amount of hue represented in the color in the range (0..1), where 0 has no color and 1 is fully saturated.

lightness: Float

A range of (0..1) where 0 is black, 0.5 is fully colored, and 1 is white.

alpha: Float = 1.0f

Alpha channel to apply to the computed color

colorSpace: Rgb = ColorSpaces.Srgb

The RGB color space used to calculate the Color from the HSL values.

hsv

fun hsv(
    hue: Float,
    saturation: Float,
    value: Float,
    alpha: Float = 1.0f,
    colorSpace: Rgb = ColorSpaces.Srgb
): Color

Return a Color from hue, saturation, and value (HSV representation).

Parameters
hue: Float

The color value in the range (0..360), where 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue

saturation: Float

The amount of hue represented in the color in the range (0..1), where 0 has no color and 1 is fully saturated.

value: Float

The strength of the color, where 0 is black.

alpha: Float = 1.0f

Alpha channel to apply to the computed color

colorSpace: Rgb = ColorSpaces.Srgb

The RGB color space used to calculate the Color from the HSV values.

Public companion properties

Black

val BlackColor

Blue

val BlueColor

Cyan

val CyanColor

DarkGray

val DarkGrayColor

Gray

val GrayColor

Green

val GreenColor

LightGray

val LightGrayColor

Magenta

val MagentaColor

Red

val RedColor

Transparent

val TransparentColor

Unspecified

val UnspecifiedColor

Because Color is an inline class, this represents an unset value without having to box the Color. It will be treated as Transparent when drawn. A Color can compare with Unspecified for equality or use isUnspecified to check for the unset value or isSpecified for any color that isn't Unspecified.

White

val WhiteColor

Yellow

val YellowColor

Public constructors

Color

Color(value: ULong)

Public functions

component1

inline operator fun component1(): Float

component2

inline operator fun component2(): Float

component3

inline operator fun component3(): Float

component4

inline operator fun component4(): Float

component5

inline operator fun component5(): ColorSpace

convert

fun convert(colorSpace: ColorSpace): Color

Converts this color from its color space to the specified color space. The conversion is done using the default rendering intent as specified by ColorSpace.connect.

Parameters
colorSpace: ColorSpace

The destination color space, cannot be null

Returns
Color

A non-null color instance in the specified color space

copy

fun copy(
    alpha: Float = this.alpha,
    red: Float = this.red,
    green: Float = this.green,
    blue: Float = this.blue
): Color

Copies the existing color, changing only the provided values. The ColorSpace of the returned Color is the same as this colorSpace.

toString

open fun toString(): String

Returns a string representation of the object. This method returns a string equal to the value of:

"Color($r, $g, $b, $a, ${colorSpace.name})"

For instance, the string representation of opaque black in the sRGB color space is equal to the following value:

Color(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, sRGB IEC61966-2.1)
Returns
String

A non-null string representation of the object

Public properties

alpha

val alphaFloat

Returns the value of the alpha component in the range [0..1].

See also
red
green
blue

blue

val blueFloat

Returns the value of the blue component in the range defined by this color's color space (see ColorSpace.getMinValue and ColorSpace.getMaxValue).

If this color's color model is not RGB, calling this is the third component of the ColorSpace.

See also
alpha
red
green

colorSpace

val colorSpaceColorSpace

Returns this color's color space.

Returns
ColorSpace

A non-null instance of ColorSpace

green

val greenFloat

Returns the value of the green component in the range defined by this color's color space (see ColorSpace.getMinValue and ColorSpace.getMaxValue).

If this color's color model is not RGB, calling this is the second component of the ColorSpace.

See also
alpha
red
blue

red

val redFloat

Returns the value of the red component in the range defined by this color's color space (see ColorSpace.getMinValue and ColorSpace.getMaxValue).

If this color's color model is not RGB, calling this is the first component of the ColorSpace.

See also
alpha
blue
green

value

val valueULong

Extension functions

compositeOver

fun Color.compositeOver(background: Color): Color

Composites this color on top of background using the Porter-Duff 'source over' mode.

Both this and background must not be pre-multiplied, and the resulting color will also not be pre-multiplied.

The ColorSpace of the result is always the ColorSpace of background.

Returns
Color

the Color representing this composited on top of background, converted to the color space of background.

fun Color.luminance(): Float

Returns the relative luminance of this color.

Based on the formula for relative luminance defined in WCAG 2.0, W3C Recommendation 11 December 2008.

Returns
Float

A value between 0 (darkest black) and 1 (lightest white)

Throws
kotlin.IllegalArgumentException

If the this color's color space does not use the RGB color model

takeOrElse

inline fun Color.takeOrElse(block: () -> Color): Color

If this color isSpecified then this is returned, otherwise block is executed and its result is returned.

fun Color.toArgb(): @ColorInt Int

Converts this color to an ARGB color int. A color int is always in the sRGB color space. This implies a color space conversion is applied if needed.

Returns
@ColorInt Int

An ARGB color in the sRGB color space

Extension properties

isSpecified

val Color.isSpecifiedBoolean

false when this is Color.Unspecified.

isUnspecified

val Color.isUnspecifiedBoolean

true when this is Color.Unspecified.