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title: "color"
description: "Creates a color using the given red, green, and blue amounts, which are integers between 0-255."
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# color

> Creates a color using the given red, green, and blue amounts, which are integers between 0-255.

**This function is used by Ignition's Expression language.**

## Description
Creates a color using the given red, green, and blue amounts, which are integers between 0-255. The optional alpha channel to the color controls transparency.
## Syntax
`color(red, green, blue[, alpha])`

- Parameters
    - int **red** - The intensity of Red, between 0 - 255.

    - int **green** - The intensity of Green, between 0 - 255.

    - int **blue** - The intensity of Blue, between 0 - 255.

    - int **alpha** - Optional. The amount of transparency, between 0 - 255.

- Results
    - Color - Returns a color with the given RGB value.
## Examples
There are no expression function examples associated with this expression function