GD::Graph::colour - phpMan

NAME
    GD::Graph::colour - Colour manipulation routines for use with GD::Graph

SYNOPSIS
    use GD::Graph::colour qw(:colours :lists :files :convert);

DESCRIPTION
    The GD::Graph::colour package provides a few routines to work with
    colours. The functionality of this package is mainly defined by what is
    needed, now and historically, by the GD::Graph modules.

FUNCTIONS
  colour_list( *number of colours* )
    Returns a list of *number of colours* colour names known to the package.
    Exported with the :lists tag.

  sorted_colour_list( *number of colours* )
    Returns a list of *number of colours* colour names known to the package,
    sorted by luminance or hue. NB. Right now it always sorts by luminance.
    Will add an option in a later stage to decide sorting method at run
    time. Exported with the :lists tag.

  _rgb( *colour name* )
    Returns a list of the RGB values of *colour name*. if the colour name is
    a string of the form that is acceptable to the hex2rgb sub, then the
    colour will be added to the list dynamically. Exported with the :colours
    tag.

  _hue( *R,G,B* )
    Returns the hue of the colour with the specified RGB values. Exported
    with the :colours tag.

  _luminance( *R,G,B* )
    Returns the luminance of the colour with the specified RGB values.
    Exported with the :colours tag.

  add_colour(colourname => [$r, $g, $b]) or
add_colour('#7fe310')
    Self-explanatory. Exported with the :colours tag.

  rgb2hex($red, $green, $blue)
  hex2rgb('#7fe310')
    These functions translate a list of RGB values into a hexadecimal
    string, as is commonly used in HTML and the Image::Magick API, and vice
    versa. Exported with the :convert tag.

  read_rgb( file name )
    Reads in colours from a rgb file as used by the X11 system.

    Doing something like:

        use GD::Graph::bars;
        use GD::Graph::colour;

        GD::Graph::colour::read_rgb("rgb.txt") or die "cannot read colours";

    Will allow you to use any colours defined in rgb.txt in your graph.
    Exported with the :files tag.

PREDEFINED COLOUR NAMES
    white, lgray, gray, dgray, black, lblue, blue, dblue, gold, lyellow,
    yellow, dyellow, lgreen, green, dgreen, lred, red, dred, lpurple,
    purple, dpurple, lorange, orange, pink, dpink, marine, cyan, lbrown,
    dbrown.

AUTHOR
    Martien Verbruggen <mgjv AT tradingpost.au>

  Copyright
    GIFgraph: Copyright (c) 1995-1999 Martien Verbruggen. Chart::PNGgraph:
    Copyright (c) 1999 Steve Bonds. GD::Graph: Copyright (c) 1999 Martien
    Verbruggen.

    All rights reserved. This package is free software; you can redistribute
    it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO
    GD::Graph, GD::Graph::FAQ