Specifies the background or foreground color used to display text and graphics in an object. Available at design time and run time.
Syntax
Object.BackColor[ = nColor]
Object.ForeColor[ = nColor]
Settings
nColor
Specifies a single color value.
The following table lists typical color values.
Color | RGB Values | nColor Value |
White | 255, 255, 255 | 16777215 |
Black | 0, 0, 0 | 0 |
Gray | 192, 192, 192 | 12632256 |
Dark gray | 128, 128, 128 | 8421504 |
Red | 255, 0, 0 | 255 |
Dark red | 128, 0, 0 | 128 |
Yellow | 255, 255, 0 | 65535 |
Dark yellow | 128, 128, 0 | 32896 |
Green | 0, 255, 0 | 65280 |
Dark green | 0, 128, 0 | 32768 |
Cyan | 0, 255, 255 | 16776960 |
Dark cyan | 0, 128, 128 | 8421376 |
Blue | 0, 0, 255 | 16711680 |
Dark blue | 0, 0, 128 | 8388608 |
Magenta | 255, 0 ,255 | 16711935 |
Dark magenta | 128, 0, 128 | 8388736 |
Remarks
Visual FoxPro uses a red-green-blue (RGB) color scheme for colors. The red, green, and blue components are each represented by a number between 0 and 255. Use the RGB( ) function to convert the three component colors into one composite nColor.