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Color to uint and back

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vckicks

Offline Dec 3rd, 2008, 3:27 pm |

Convert a color to a uint representation and back with simple byte shifting.

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private uint ColorToUInt(Color color)
{
      return (uint)((color.A << 24) | (color.R << 16) |
                    (color.G << 8)  | (color.B << 0));
}
 
private Color UIntToColor(uint color)
{
     byte a = (byte)(color >> 24);
     byte r = (byte)(color >> 16);
     byte g = (byte)(color >> 8);
     byte b = (byte)(color >> 0);
     return Color.FromArgb(a, r, g, b);
}