Why is the value of clrRed equal to 0x0000FF instead of 0xFF0000

[greentreen]

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#property copyright "Copyright 2018, MetaQuotes Software Corp."
#property link      "https://www.mql5.com"
#property version   "1.00"
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//| Script program start function                                    |
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void OnStart()
  {
//---
   printf("white=0x%.8X",clrWhite);                                  
   printf("red=0x%.6X,green=0x%.6X,blue=0x%.6X",clrRed,clrGreen,clrBlue);
  }
//+------------------------------------------------------------------+
//test_RGB (USDJPY,M1)  white=0x00FFFFFF
//test_RGB (USDJPY,M1)  red=0x0000FF,green=0x008000,blue=0xFF0000

Why is the value of clrRed equal to 0x0000FF instead of 0xFF0000 ?

Should the value of clrGreen be 0x00FF00 ?

Thank you.

[Anthony Garot]

greentreen:

Why is the value of clrRed equal to 0x0000FF instead of 0xFF0000 ?

The documentation says:

Integer-valued representation is written in a form of hexadecimal or a decimal number. A hexadecimal number looks like 0x00BBGGRR, where RR is the rate of the red color component, GG - of the green one, and BB - of the blue one. Decimal constants are not directly reflected in the RGB. They represent a decimal value of the hexadecimal integer representation.

[greentreen]

Anthony Garot:

The documentation says:

Integer-valued representation is written in a form of hexadecimal or a decimal number. A hexadecimal number looks like 0x00BBGGRR, where RR is the rate of the red color component, GG - of the green one, and BB - of the blue one. Decimal constants are not directly reflected in the RGB. They represent a decimal value of the hexadecimal integer representation.

Thanks.

So the format of RGB color is 0x00BBGGRR, but the ARGB is 0x00RRGGBB.

https://www.mql5.com/en/docs/convert/colortoargb

[greentreen]

The white is 0xFFFFFF,the blue is 0xFF0000,the red is 0x0000FF

white = blue | green | red , so the green should be 0x00FF00,right?

but the value of green is 0x008000, why ?

Just search the hex value of green color, the result here:

it is 0x00FF00

http://www.color-hex.com/color/00ff00

[Alain Verleyen]

greentreen:

The white is 0xFFFFFF,the Blue is 0xFF0000,the red is 0x0000FF

white = blue | green | red , so the green should be 0x00FF00,right?

but the value of green is 0x008000, why ?

Just search the hex value of green color, the result here:

it is 0x00FF00

http://www.color-hex.com/color/00ff00

Why not ? clrGreen is just a name.

[greentreen]

Alain Verleyen:
Why not ? clrGreen is just a name.

Thanks.

Now clrGreen presents a value of 0x008000

The white is 0xFFFFFF,the blue is 0xFF0000,the red is 0x0000FF

white = blue | green | red , so the green should be 0x00FF00,right?

[Alain Verleyen]

greentreen:

Thanks.

Now clrGreen presents a value of 0x008000

The white is 0xFFFFFF,the blue is 0xFF0000,the red is 0x0000FF

white = blue | green | red , so the green should be 0x00FF00,right?

Yes.

Fortunately they didn't name 0x008000 clrYellow.

[greentreen]

Alain Verleyen:

Yes.

Fortunately they didn't name 0x008000 clrYellow.

In RGB, the yellow is from the red and green,

clrYellw=  0x00FFFF,it shows the green is 0x00FF00.

But the results shows the green is 0X008000

test_RGB (USDJPY,M1)  red=0x0000FF,green=0x008000,blue=0xFF0000

[greentreen]

I see.

the 0x00FF00 in RGB is clrLime instead of clrGreen.

In short, the G in RGB (MQL5) is presented by clrLime instead of clrGreen.