UI.Run.JSci
Class GEVAGraphColours

java.lang.Object
  UI.Run.JSci.GEVAGraphColours

public class GEVAGraphColours
extends java.lang.Object

Some colour fluff

Author:

eliott bartley

Field Summary

static int[]	colourIndexes
static java.lang.String[]	colourNames

Method Summary

static java.lang.String	getColourName(java.awt.Color colour) Get the nearest colour that matches and return the name of that colour.
static java.awt.Color	getNamedColour(java.lang.String name) Given a name, return the colour
static boolean	isBright(java.awt.Color colour) Taken from http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#color-contrast

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

colourIndexes

public static final int[] colourIndexes

colourNames

public static final java.lang.String[] colourNames

Method Detail

getColourName

public static java.lang.String getColourName(java.awt.Color colour)

Get the nearest colour that matches and return the name of that colour. This matches based on the distance between the colours in RGB space.

Parameters:

colour - Colour to find nearest match for

Returns:

Name of nearest match

getNamedColour

public static java.awt.Color getNamedColour(java.lang.String name)

Given a name, return the colour

Parameters:

name - The name of the colour

Returns:

The colour of the name

isBright

public static boolean isBright(java.awt.Color colour)

Taken from http://www.w3.org/TR/AERT#color-contrast

Parameters:

colour -

Returns:

true if this is a bright colour, and should have a black contrasting foreground, false if it should have a white foreground