GenericExtensionsIsDarkColor Method

Determines if the color is a dark color using its relative luminance.
Useful if we want to use a user-set color value as a background color and then display readable text over it.

Definition

Namespace: MobileTrack.Common.Extensions
Assembly: MobileTrack.Common (in MobileTrack.Common.dll) Version: 0.7+1dadc87dcf0a0f837e19a3ce2deb7c1cd85375d1
public static bool IsDarkColor(
	this Color color
)

Parameters

color  Color
Color to check

Return Value

Boolean
if the color is a dark color.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type Color. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

Numbers sourced from ,
item 3.2 (Signal Format -> Derivation of Luminance Signal)

See Also