{{QBDLDATE:07-31-2022}}
{{QBDLTIME:23:36:45}}
[[$COLOR]] is a metacommand that adds named color [[CONST|constants]] in a program.


{{PageSyntax}}
: [[$COLOR]]:0
: [[$COLOR]]:32


{{PageDescription}}
* [[$COLOR]]:0 adds [[CONST|constants]] for colors 0-15. The actual constant names can be found in the file '''source/utilities/color0.bi'''.
* [[$COLOR]]:32 adds [[CONST|constants]] for 32-bit colors, similar to HTML color names. The actual constant names can be found in the file '''source/utilities/color32.bi'''.
* [[$COLOR]] is a shorthand to manually using [[$INCLUDE]] pointing to the files listed above.
* Prior to QBPE v0.5 ({{Text|ü|red}}), [[$COLOR]] was not compatible with [[$NOPREFIX]].
* Since QBPE v0.5, [[$COLOR]] can now be used with [[$NOPREFIX]], with a few notable differences to three conflicting colors -- Red, Green, Blue.

:Red would conflict with [[_RED]], Green would conflict with [[_GREEN]], and Blue would conflict with [[_BLUE]], once the underscore was removed from those commands with [[$NOPREFIX]].
:
:To prevent these conflicts, the [[COLOR]] values have had '''NP_''' prepended to the front of them, to distinguish them from the non-prefixed command names.  All other color names remain the same, with only the three colors in conflict having to use '''NP_''' (for '''N'''o '''P'''refix) in front of them.

({{Text|ü|red}}) QBPE = QB64 Phoenix Edition


{{PageExamples}}
;Example 1:Adding named color constants for SCREEN 0.
{{CodeStart}}
{{Cl|$COLOR}}:0
{{Cl|COLOR}} BrightWhite, Red
{{Cl|PRINT}} "Bright white on red."
{{CodeEnd}}
{{OutputStartBG4}}
{{Text|Bright white on red.|#fcfcfc}}
{{OutputEnd}}

;Example 2:Adding named color constants for 32-bit modes.
{{CodeStart}}
{{Cl|SCREEN}} {{Cl|_NEWIMAGE}}(640, 400, 32)
{{Cl|$COLOR}}:32
{{Cl|COLOR}} CrayolaGold, DarkCyan
{{Cl|PRINT}} "CrayolaGold on DarkCyan."
{{CodeEnd}}

;Example 3:Adding named color constants for 32-bit modes (with $NOPREFIX in effect).
{{CodeStart}}
{{Cl|SCREEN}} {{Cl|_NEWIMAGE}}(640, 400, 32)
{{Cl|$COLOR}}:32
{{Cl|$NOPREFIX}}
{{Cl|COLOR}} NP_Red, White 'notice the NP_ in front of Red?  
'This is to distinguish the color from the command with $NOPREFIX.
{{Cl|PRINT}} "Red on White."
{{CodeEnd}}


{{PageSeeAlso}}
* [[COLOR]], [[SCREEN]] 
* [[_NEWIMAGE]], [[$INCLUDE]]
* [[Metacommand]]


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