QuickDraw: RGB Color Values

Below is a list of the RGB values for the standard 8 QuickDraw colors.

This information was provided by Claris Corporation on 16 March 1998, and incorporated into Apple Computer's Tech Info Library.
These are the eight colors in MacDraw II and Claris CAD. They are also the eight solid colors in the Style Bar in MacDraw Pro.


RGB values range from zero to 65535:
Color
Red
Green
Blue
Red
56683
2242
1698
Green
0
32768
4528
Blue
0
0
54272
Yellow
64512
62333
1327
Cyan
577
43860
60159
Magenta
62167
2134
34028

RGB values as percentages:
Color
Red
Green
Blue
Red
86
3
3
Green
0
50
7
Blue
0
0
83
Yellow
98
95
2
Cyan
1
67
92
Magenta
95
3
52

Note: These are not pure colors. For example, the Cyan is not a pure Cyan. These colors are simply designed to match the default colors built into standard "black and white" QuickDraw. If you print these colors to a color printer, especially cyan, yellow and magenta, you will notice that these colors print with dots of other colors. This is normal, as the printer is printing using normal dithering to print these colors.

To print pure colors, use colors with these color values:

RGB values range from zero to 65535:
Color
Red
Green
Blue
Red
65535
0
0
Green
0
65535
0
Blue
0
0
65535
Yellow
65535
65535
0
Cyan
0
65535
65535
Magenta
65535
0
65535
Published Date: Feb 20, 2012