Functions Reference

192 FileMaker Functions Reference
RGB
Format
RGB(red;green;blue)
Parameters
red - any numeric expression or numeric field containing a value ranging from 0 to 255
green - any numeric expression or numeric field containing a value ranging from 0 to 255
blue - any numeric expression or numeric field containing a value ranging from 0 to 255
Data type returned
number
Description
Returns an integer number from 0 to 16777215 obtained by combining the red, green,
and blue values (each ranging from 0 to 255) to represent a color. Numbers returned by
this function can be passed as the color parameter in the TextColor or
TextColorRemove functions. The RGB function uses the following formula to calculate
the result:
red * 256
2
+ green * 256 + blue
where 256
2
= 65536
Examples
RGB(255;0;0) returns 16711680 representing red.
RGB(0;255;0) returns 65280 representing green.
RGB(0;0;255) returns 255 representing blue.
RGB(0;0;0) returns 0 representing black.
RGB(255;255;255) returns 16777215 representing white.
TextColor
Format
TextColor(text;RGB(red;green;blue))
Parameters
text - any text expression
or text field
RGB(red;green;blue) - any integer number from 0 to 16777215 obtained by
combining the red, green, and blue values (each ranging from 0 to 255) to represent a
color