UIColor-expanded

Here’s some handy code to extend UIColor, based largely on code by Erica Sadun, but with a couple of fixes and handy (to me) additions. Let me know if this is useful…

//
// UIColor-Expanded.h
//
//based on code from Erica Sadun at http://arstechnica.com/apple/guides/2009/02/iphone-development-accessing-uicolor-components.ars
// latest code from http://github.com/ars/uicolor-utilities

#import

#define SUPPORTS_UNDOCUMENTED_API 0

@interface UIColor (UIColor_Expanded)
@property (nonatomic, readonly) CGColorSpaceModel colorSpaceModel;
@property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL canProvideRGBComponents;
@property (nonatomic, readonly) CGFloat red; // Only valid if canProvideRGBComponents is YES
@property (nonatomic, readonly) CGFloat green; // Only valid if canProvideRGBComponents is YES
@property (nonatomic, readonly) CGFloat blue; // Only valid if canProvideRGBComponents is YES
@property (nonatomic, readonly) CGFloat white; // Only valid if colorSpaceModel == kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome
@property (nonatomic, readonly) CGFloat alpha;
@property (nonatomic, readonly) UInt32 rgbHex;

- (NSString *)colorSpaceString;

- (NSArray *)arrayFromRGBAComponents;

- (BOOL)red:(CGFloat *)r green:(CGFloat *)g blue:(CGFloat *)b alpha:(CGFloat *)a;

- (UIColor *)colorByLuminanceMapping;

- (UIColor *)colorByMultiplyingByRed:(CGFloat)red green:(CGFloat)green blue:(CGFloat)blue alpha:(CGFloat)alpha;
- (UIColor *) colorByAddingRed:(CGFloat)red green:(CGFloat)green blue:(CGFloat)blue alpha:(CGFloat)alpha;
- (UIColor *) colorByLighteningToRed:(CGFloat)red green:(CGFloat)green blue:(CGFloat)blue alpha:(CGFloat)alpha;
- (UIColor *) colorByDarkeningToRed:(CGFloat)red green:(CGFloat)green blue:(CGFloat)blue alpha:(CGFloat)alpha;

- (UIColor *)colorByMultiplyingBy:(CGFloat)f;
- (UIColor *) colorByAdding:(CGFloat)f;
- (UIColor *) colorByLighteningTo:(CGFloat)f;
- (UIColor *) colorByDarkeningTo:(CGFloat)f;

- (UIColor *)colorByMultiplyingByColor:(UIColor *)color;
- (UIColor *) colorByAddingColor:(UIColor *)color;
- (UIColor *) colorByLighteningToColor:(UIColor *)color;
- (UIColor *) colorByDarkeningToColor:(UIColor *)color;

//added by Alec 2010-09-16
- (UIColor *) colorByMixingWithRed:(CGFloat)red green:(CGFloat)green blue:(CGFloat)blue alpha:(CGFloat)alpha;
- (UIColor *) colorByMixingWithColor:(UIColor *)color;

- (NSString *)stringFromColor;
- (NSString *)hexStringFromColor;

+ (UIColor *)randomColor;
+ (UIColor *)colorWithString:(NSString *)stringToConvert;
+ (UIColor *)colorWithRGBHex:(UInt32)hex;
+ (UIColor *)colorWithHexString:(NSString *)stringToConvert;

+ (UIColor *)colorWithName:(NSString *)cssColorName;
+(UIColor *)colorBetweenColor:(UIColor *)color1 andColor:(UIColor *)color2 onSpectrumAt:(CGFloat)position;

@end

#if SUPPORTS_UNDOCUMENTED_API
// UIColor_Undocumented_Expanded
// Methods which rely on undocumented methods of UIColor
@interface UIColor (UIColor_Undocumented_Expanded)
- (NSString *)fetchStyleString;
- (UIColor *)rgbColor; // Via Poltras
@end
#endif // SUPPORTS_UNDOCUMENTED_API

//
// UIColor-Expanded.m
//

#import "UIColor-Expanded.h"

/*
FOR REFERENCE: Color Space Models: enum CGColorSpaceModel {
kCGColorSpaceModelUnknown = -1,
kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome,
kCGColorSpaceModelRGB,
kCGColorSpaceModelCMYK,
kCGColorSpaceModelLab,
kCGColorSpaceModelDeviceN,
kCGColorSpaceModelIndexed,
kCGColorSpaceModelPattern
};
*/

// Static cache of looked up color names. Used with +colorWithName:
static NSMutableDictionary *colorNameCache = nil;

#if SUPPORTS_UNDOCUMENTED_API
// UIColor_Undocumented
// Undocumented methods of UIColor
@interface UIColor (UIColor_Undocumented)
- (NSString *)styleString;
@end
#endif // SUPPORTS_UNDOCUMENTED_API

@interface UIColor (UIColor_Expanded_Support)
+ (UIColor *)searchForColorByName:(NSString *)cssColorName;
@end

#pragma mark -

@implementation UIColor (UIColor_Expanded)

- (CGColorSpaceModel)colorSpaceModel {
return CGColorSpaceGetModel(CGColorGetColorSpace(self.CGColor));
}

- (NSString *)colorSpaceString {
switch (self.colorSpaceModel) {
case kCGColorSpaceModelUnknown:
return @"kCGColorSpaceModelUnknown";
case kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome:
return @"kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome";
case kCGColorSpaceModelRGB:
return @"kCGColorSpaceModelRGB";
case kCGColorSpaceModelCMYK:
return @"kCGColorSpaceModelCMYK";
case kCGColorSpaceModelLab:
return @"kCGColorSpaceModelLab";
case kCGColorSpaceModelDeviceN:
return @"kCGColorSpaceModelDeviceN";
case kCGColorSpaceModelIndexed:
return @"kCGColorSpaceModelIndexed";
case kCGColorSpaceModelPattern:
return @"kCGColorSpaceModelPattern";
default:
return @"Not a valid color space";
}
}

- (BOOL)canProvideRGBComponents {
switch (self.colorSpaceModel) {
case kCGColorSpaceModelRGB:
case kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome:
return YES;
default:
return NO;
}
}

- (NSArray *)arrayFromRGBAComponents {
NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be an RGB color to use -arrayFromRGBAComponents");

CGFloat r,g,b,a;
if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil;

return [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
[NSNumber numberWithFloat:r],
[NSNumber numberWithFloat:g],
[NSNumber numberWithFloat:b],
[NSNumber numberWithFloat:a],
nil];
}

- (BOOL)red:(CGFloat *)red green:(CGFloat *)green blue:(CGFloat *)blue alpha:(CGFloat *)alpha {
const CGFloat *components = CGColorGetComponents(self.CGColor);

CGFloat r,g,b,a;

switch (self.colorSpaceModel) {
case kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome:
r = g = b = components[0];
a = components[1];
break;
case kCGColorSpaceModelRGB:
r = components[0];
g = components[1];
b = components[2];
a = components[3];
break;
default: // We don't know how to handle this model
return NO;
}

if (red) *red = r;
if (green) *green = g;
if (blue) *blue = b;
if (alpha) *alpha = a;

return YES;
}

- (CGFloat)red {
NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be an RGB color to use -red");
const CGFloat *c = CGColorGetComponents(self.CGColor);
return c[0];
}

- (CGFloat)green {
NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be an RGB color to use -green");
const CGFloat *c = CGColorGetComponents(self.CGColor);
if (self.colorSpaceModel == kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome) return c[0];
return c[1];
}

- (CGFloat)blue {
NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be an RGB color to use -blue");
const CGFloat *c = CGColorGetComponents(self.CGColor);
if (self.colorSpaceModel == kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome) return c[0];
return c[2];
}

- (CGFloat)white {
NSAssert(self.colorSpaceModel == kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome, @"Must be a Monochrome color to use -white");
const CGFloat *c = CGColorGetComponents(self.CGColor);
return c[0];
}

- (CGFloat)alpha {
return CGColorGetAlpha(self.CGColor);
}

- (UInt32)rgbHex {
NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use rgbHex");

CGFloat r,g,b,a;
if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return 0;

r = MIN(MAX(self.red, 0.0f), 1.0f);
g = MIN(MAX(self.green, 0.0f), 1.0f);
b = MIN(MAX(self.blue, 0.0f), 1.0f);

return (((int)roundf(r * 255)) << 16) | (((int)roundf(g * 255)) << 8) | (((int)roundf(b * 255))); } #pragma mark Arithmetic operations - (UIColor *)colorByLuminanceMapping { NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luma_(video) // Y = 0.2126 R + 0.7152 G + 0.0722 B return [UIColor colorWithWhite:r*0.2126f + g*0.7152f + b*0.0722f alpha:a]; } - (UIColor *)colorByMultiplyingByRed:(CGFloat)red green:(CGFloat)green blue:(CGFloat)blue alpha:(CGFloat)alpha { NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; return [UIColor colorWithRed:MAX(0.0, MIN(1.0, r * red)) green:MAX(0.0, MIN(1.0, g * green)) blue:MAX(0.0, MIN(1.0, b * blue)) alpha:MAX(0.0, MIN(1.0, a * alpha))]; } - (UIColor *)colorByAddingRed:(CGFloat)red green:(CGFloat)green blue:(CGFloat)blue alpha:(CGFloat)alpha { NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; return [UIColor colorWithRed:MAX(0.0, MIN(1.0, r + red)) green:MAX(0.0, MIN(1.0, g + green)) blue:MAX(0.0, MIN(1.0, b + blue)) alpha:MAX(0.0, MIN(1.0, a + alpha))]; } - (UIColor *)colorByLighteningToRed:(CGFloat)red green:(CGFloat)green blue:(CGFloat)blue alpha:(CGFloat)alpha { NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; return [UIColor colorWithRed:MAX(r, red) green:MAX(g, green) blue:MAX(b, blue) alpha:MAX(a, alpha)]; } - (UIColor *)colorByDarkeningToRed:(CGFloat)red green:(CGFloat)green blue:(CGFloat)blue alpha:(CGFloat)alpha { NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; return [UIColor colorWithRed:MIN(r, red) green:MIN(g, green) blue:MIN(b, blue) alpha:MIN(a, alpha)]; } - (UIColor *)colorByMultiplyingBy:(CGFloat)f { return [self colorByMultiplyingByRed:f green:f blue:f alpha:1.0f]; } - (UIColor *)colorByAdding:(CGFloat)f { return [self colorByAddingRed:f green:f blue:f alpha:1.0f]; } - (UIColor *)colorByLighteningTo:(CGFloat)f { return [self colorByLighteningToRed:f green:f blue:f alpha:0.0f]; } - (UIColor *)colorByDarkeningTo:(CGFloat)f { return [self colorByDarkeningToRed:f green:f blue:f alpha:1.0f]; } - (UIColor *)colorByMultiplyingByColor:(UIColor *)color { NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; return [color colorByMultiplyingByRed:r green:g blue:b alpha:1.0f]; } - (UIColor *)colorByAddingColor:(UIColor *)color { NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; return [color colorByAddingRed:r green:g blue:b alpha:0.0f]; } - (UIColor *)colorByLighteningToColor:(UIColor *)color { NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; return [color colorByLighteningToRed:r green:g blue:b alpha:0.0f]; } - (UIColor *)colorByDarkeningToColor:(UIColor *)color { NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; return [color colorByDarkeningToRed:r green:g blue:b alpha:1.0f]; } //added by Alec 2010-09-16 - (UIColor *) colorByMixingWithRed:(CGFloat)red green:(CGFloat)green blue:(CGFloat)blue alpha:(CGFloat)alpha{ NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; return [UIColor colorWithRed:(r+red)/2.0 green:(g+green)/2.0 blue:(b+blue)/2.0 alpha:(a+alpha)/2.0]; } - (UIColor *) colorByMixingWithColor:(UIColor *)color{ NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations"); CGFloat r,g,b,a; if (![self red:&r green:&g blue:&b alpha:&a]) return nil; return [color colorByMixingWithRed:r green:g blue:b alpha:a]; } #pragma mark String utilities - (NSString *)stringFromColor { NSAssert(self.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be an RGB color to use -stringFromColor"); NSString *result; switch (self.colorSpaceModel) { case kCGColorSpaceModelRGB: result = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"{%0.3f, %0.3f, %0.3f, %0.3f}", self.red, self.green, self.blue, self.alpha]; break; case kCGColorSpaceModelMonochrome: result = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"{%0.3f, %0.3f}", self.white, self.alpha]; break; default: result = nil; } return result; } - (NSString *)hexStringFromColor { return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%0.6X", self.rgbHex]; } + (UIColor *)colorWithString:(NSString *)stringToConvert { NSScanner *scanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:stringToConvert]; if (![scanner scanString:@"{" intoString:NULL]) return nil; const NSUInteger kMaxComponents = 4; CGFloat c[kMaxComponents]; NSUInteger i = 0; if (![scanner scanFloat:&c[i++]]) return nil; while (1) { if ([scanner scanString:@"}" intoString:NULL]) break; if (i >= kMaxComponents) return nil;
if ([scanner scanString:@"," intoString:NULL]) {
if (![scanner scanFloat:&c[i++]]) return nil;
} else {
// either we're at the end of there's an unexpected character here
// both cases are error conditions
return nil;
}
}
if (![scanner isAtEnd]) return nil;
UIColor *color;
switch (i) {
case 2: // monochrome
color = [UIColor colorWithWhite:c[0] alpha:c[1]];
break;
case 4: // RGB
color = [UIColor colorWithRed:c[0] green:c[1] blue:c[2] alpha:c[3]];
break;
default:
color = nil;
}
return color;
}

#pragma mark Class methods

+ (UIColor *)randomColor {
return [UIColor colorWithRed:(CGFloat)RAND_MAX / random()
green:(CGFloat)RAND_MAX / random()
blue:(CGFloat)RAND_MAX / random()
alpha:1.0f];
}

+ (UIColor *)colorWithRGBHex:(UInt32)hex {
int r = (hex >> 16) & 0xFF;
int g = (hex >> 8) & 0xFF;
int b = (hex) & 0xFF;

return [UIColor colorWithRed:r / 255.0f
green:g / 255.0f
blue:b / 255.0f
alpha:1.0f];
}

// Returns a UIColor by scanning the string for a hex number and passing that to +[UIColor colorWithRGBHex:]
// Skips any leading whitespace and ignores any trailing characters
+ (UIColor *)colorWithHexString:(NSString *)stringToConvert {
NSScanner *scanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:stringToConvert];
unsigned hexNum;
if (![scanner scanHexInt:&hexNum]) return nil;
return [UIColor colorWithRGBHex:hexNum];
}

// Lookup a color using css 3/svg color name
+ (UIColor *)colorWithName:(NSString *)cssColorName {
UIColor *color;
@synchronized(colorNameCache) {
// Look for the color in the cache
color = [colorNameCache objectForKey:cssColorName];

if ((id)color == [NSNull null]) {
// If it wasn't there previously, it's still not there now
color = nil;
} else if (!color) {
// Color not in cache, so search for it now
color = [self searchForColorByName:cssColorName];

// Set the value in cache, storing NSNull on failure
[colorNameCache setObject:(color ?: (id)[NSNull null])
forKey:cssColorName];
}
}

return color;
}

+(UIColor *)colorBetweenColor:(UIColor *)color1 andColor:(UIColor *)color2 onSpectrumAt:(CGFloat)position{

CGFloat r,g,b,a;
CGFloat r1,g1,b1,a1;
CGFloat r2,g2,b2,a2;

NSAssert(color1.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations");

NSAssert(color2.canProvideRGBComponents, @"Must be a RGB color to use arithmatic operations");

NSAssert((position>=0)&&(position<=1.0), @"Position must be between 0.0 and 1.0"); if (![color1 red:&r1 green:&g1 blue:&b1 alpha:&a1]) return nil; if (![color2 red:&r2 green:&g2 blue:&b2 alpha:&a2]) return nil; r = r1 * (1.0-position) + r2 * position; g = g1 * (1.0-position) + g2 * position; b = b1 * (1.0-position) + b2 * position; a = a1 * (1.0-position) + a2 * position; UIColor *color = [UIColor colorWithRed:r green:g blue:b alpha:a]; return color; } #pragma mark UIColor_Expanded initialization + (void)load { colorNameCache = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init]; } @end #pragma mark - #if SUPPORTS_UNDOCUMENTED_API @implementation UIColor (UIColor_Undocumented_Expanded) - (NSString *)fetchStyleString { return [self styleString]; } // Convert a color into RGB Color space, courtesy of Poltras // via http://ofcodeandmen.poltras.com/2009/01/22/convert-a-cgcolorref-to-another-cgcolorspaceref/ // - (UIColor *)rgbColor { // Call to undocumented method "styleString". NSString *style = [self styleString]; NSScanner *scanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:style]; CGFloat red, green, blue; if (![scanner scanString:@"rgb(" intoString:NULL]) return nil; if (![scanner scanFloat:&red]) return nil; if (![scanner scanString:@"," intoString:NULL]) return nil; if (![scanner scanFloat:&green]) return nil; if (![scanner scanString:@"," intoString:NULL]) return nil; if (![scanner scanFloat:&blue]) return nil; if (![scanner scanString:@")" intoString:NULL]) return nil; if (![scanner isAtEnd]) return nil; return [UIColor colorWithRed:red green:green blue:blue alpha:self.alpha]; } @end #endif // SUPPORTS_UNDOCUMENTED_API @implementation UIColor (UIColor_Expanded_Support) /* * Database of color names and hex rgb values, derived * from the css 3 color spec: * http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/ * * We think this is a very compact way of storing * this information, and relatively cheap to lookup. * * Note that we search for color names starting with ',' * and terminated by '#', so that we don't get false matches. * For this reason, the database begins with ','. */ static const char *colorNameDB = "," "aliceblue#f0f8ff,antiquewhite#faebd7,aqua#00ffff,aquamarine#7fffd4,azure#f0ffff," "beige#f5f5dc,bisque#ffe4c4,black#000000,blanchedalmond#ffebcd,blue#0000ff," "blueviolet#8a2be2,brown#a52a2a,burlywood#deb887,cadetblue#5f9ea0,chartreuse#7fff00," "chocolate#d2691e,coral#ff7f50,cornflowerblue#6495ed,cornsilk#fff8dc,crimson#dc143c," "cyan#00ffff,darkblue#00008b,darkcyan#008b8b,darkgoldenrod#b8860b,darkgray#a9a9a9," "darkgreen#006400,darkgrey#a9a9a9,darkkhaki#bdb76b,darkmagenta#8b008b," "darkolivegreen#556b2f,darkorange#ff8c00,darkorchid#9932cc,darkred#8b0000," "darksalmon#e9967a,darkseagreen#8fbc8f,darkslateblue#483d8b,darkslategray#2f4f4f," "darkslategrey#2f4f4f,darkturquoise#00ced1,darkviolet#9400d3,deeppink#ff1493," "deepskyblue#00bfff,dimgray#696969,dimgrey#696969,dodgerblue#1e90ff," "firebrick#b22222,floralwhite#fffaf0,forestgreen#228b22,fuchsia#ff00ff," "gainsboro#dcdcdc,ghostwhite#f8f8ff,gold#ffd700,goldenrod#daa520,gray#808080," "green#008000,greenyellow#adff2f,grey#808080,honeydew#f0fff0,hotpink#ff69b4," "indianred#cd5c5c,indigo#4b0082,ivory#fffff0,khaki#f0e68c,lavender#e6e6fa," "lavenderblush#fff0f5,lawngreen#7cfc00,lemonchiffon#fffacd,lightblue#add8e6," "lightcoral#f08080,lightcyan#e0ffff,lightgoldenrodyellow#fafad2,lightgray#d3d3d3," "lightgreen#90ee90,lightgrey#d3d3d3,lightpink#ffb6c1,lightsalmon#ffa07a," "lightseagreen#20b2aa,lightskyblue#87cefa,lightslategray#778899," "lightslategrey#778899,lightsteelblue#b0c4de,lightyellow#ffffe0,lime#00ff00," "limegreen#32cd32,linen#faf0e6,magenta#ff00ff,maroon#800000,mediumaquamarine#66cdaa," "mediumblue#0000cd,mediumorchid#ba55d3,mediumpurple#9370db,mediumseagreen#3cb371," "mediumslateblue#7b68ee,mediumspringgreen#00fa9a,mediumturquoise#48d1cc," "mediumvioletred#c71585,midnightblue#191970,mintcream#f5fffa,mistyrose#ffe4e1," "moccasin#ffe4b5,navajowhite#ffdead,navy#000080,oldlace#fdf5e6,olive#808000," "olivedrab#6b8e23,orange#ffa500,orangered#ff4500,orchid#da70d6,palegoldenrod#eee8aa," "palegreen#98fb98,paleturquoise#afeeee,palevioletred#db7093,papayawhip#ffefd5," "peachpuff#ffdab9,peru#cd853f,pink#ffc0cb,plum#dda0dd,powderblue#b0e0e6," "purple#800080,red#ff0000,rosybrown#bc8f8f,royalblue#4169e1,saddlebrown#8b4513," "salmon#fa8072,sandybrown#f4a460,seagreen#2e8b57,seashell#fff5ee,sienna#a0522d," "silver#c0c0c0,skyblue#87ceeb,slateblue#6a5acd,slategray#708090,slategrey#708090," "snow#fffafa,springgreen#00ff7f,steelblue#4682b4,tan#d2b48c,teal#008080," "thistle#d8bfd8,tomato#ff6347,turquoise#40e0d0,violet#ee82ee,wheat#f5deb3," "white#ffffff,whitesmoke#f5f5f5,yellow#ffff00,yellowgreen#9acd32"; + (UIColor *)searchForColorByName:(NSString *)cssColorName { UIColor *result = nil; // Compile the string we'll use to search against the database // We search for ",#" to avoid false matches
const char *searchString = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@",%@#", cssColorName] UTF8String];

// Search for the color name
const char *found = strstr(colorNameDB, searchString);

// If found, step past the search string and grab the hex representation
if (found) {
const char *after = found + strlen(searchString);
int hex;
if (sscanf(after, "%x", &hex) == 1) {
result = [self colorWithRGBHex:hex];
}
}

return result;
}
@end

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One Response to UIColor-expanded

  1. alec says:

    Note I do not use the “undocumented API” stuff, but I left it in there as legacy from what Erica Sadun’s code had.

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