Colors in Python

## Colors

Colors in Rhino are represented as zero-based, one-dimensional arrays that contain four values. The first 3 values are the Red, Green and Blue channels. Each channel may contain a value from 0 to 255. The fourth value is the Alpha Channel. This control transparency of the color. 0 is completely transparent and the default value of 255 is completely opaque.

color contains [Red, Green, Blue, Alpha]


Use the CreateColor() function to create a new color structure:

import rhinoscriptsytnax as rs

color1 = rs.CreateColor(128, 128, 128) # Creates a medium grey color.


The CreateColor() function assumes the alpha value is 255 by default.

import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs

col = rs.CreateColor(43,45,56)

print col[0]
print col[1]
print col[2]


Unlike many other Rhino types, colors are immutable. This means you cannot set one channel by itself, but must always create a new color when trying to make a color. Setting one channel will not work, for instance color1[1] = 56 will throw an error.

Here is a table of commonly used colors:

Color Red Green Blue
Black 0 0 0
White 255 255 255
Medium Gray 128 128 128
Aqua 0 128 128
Navy Blue 0 0 128
Green 0 255 0
Orange 255 165 0
Yellow 255 255 0

For more colors see an Online RGB Color table.