COLOUR

Return a numeric value calculated by a combination of three colours (red, green and blue) and the alpha channel, in the RGBA colour system. The result depends on the colour system used by your computer.

Syntax

COLOUR(Red; Green; Blue [; Alpha])

Red, Green and Blue – required arguments. The value for the red, green and blue components of the colour. The values must be between 0 and 255. Zero means no colour component and 255 means full colour component.

Alpha – optional argument. The value for the alpha channel or alpha composite. Alpha is a integer value between 0 and 255. The value of zero for alpha means the colour is fully transparent, whereas a value of 255 in the alpha channel gives a fully opaque colour.

Examples

COLOUR(255;255;255;1) returns 33554431

COLOUR(0;0;255;0) returns 255

COLOUR(0;0;255;255) returns 4278190335

COLOUR(0;0;400;0) returns Err:502 (Invalid argument) because the blue value is greater than 255.

Technical information

This function is available since Office 4.4.

This function is not part of the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) Version 1.3. Part 4: Recalculated Formula (OpenFormula) Format standard. The name space is

ORG.LIBREOFFICE.COLOR