uisetcolor

Opens a color selection dialog box.

📝Syntax

c = uisetcolor
c = uisetcolor(initialColor)
c = uisetcolor(initialColor, title)

📥Input Arguments

Parameter	Description
initialColor	Initial RGB color vector with values between 0 and 1. If omitted, white is used.

📤Output Arguments

Parameter	Description
c	Selected 1-by-3 RGB color vector, or 0 when canceled.

📄Description

uisetcolor returns a color selected by the user.

💡Examples

Preview a color selection dialog layout.

f = dialog('Name', 'Choose color', 'WindowStyle', 'normal', 'Position', [100 100 380 210]);
uicontrol(f, 'Style', 'text', 'String', 'Current color', 'Position', [35 146 120 22]);
uicontrol(f, 'Style', 'text', 'String', ' ', 'BackgroundColor', [0 0.45 0.74], 'Position', [180 130 90 48]);
uicontrol(f, 'Style', 'pushbutton', 'String', 'OK', 'Position', [190 30 70 24]);
uicontrol(f, 'Style', 'pushbutton', 'String', 'Cancel', 'Position', [272 30 70 24]);

Choose a color with a custom title.

c = uisetcolor([1 0 0], 'Choose highlight color');
if ~isequal(c, 0), disp(c); end

🔗See Also

uisetfont

🕔Version History

Version	Description
2.0.0	Updated dialog API help.