String color name to String Color Hex value in C#

Question

i am trying to get the Hex value of color that is passed as string. for example,

private string HexColor(string colorName) // like "Red"
{

 // returns hex value like "12345"
}

i got links for convert a Windows.UI.Color to its Hex value. but not for a string color name to color hex value. Thanks in advance for your help.

Update : For metro app

I think you need this : stackoverflow.com/questions/8336375/… — muhammad kashif
– muhammad kashif, Commented Oct 12, 2012 at 12:09

Tim Schmelter · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-12 12:06:31Z

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Color.fromName creates a Color structure from the specified name of a predefined color, then ToArgb:

Color.FromName(colorString).ToArgb().ToString("X8").Substring(2,6);

ToString("X8") creates the hexadecimal value as string from an integral type.

answered Oct 12, 2012 at 12:06

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Rob · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-12 12:09:03Z

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Color c = Color.Red;
string hex = c.R.ToString("X2") + c.G.ToString("X2") + c.B.ToString("X2");

answered Oct 12, 2012 at 12:09

Rob

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Aghilas Yakoub · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-12 12:09:34Z

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You can use this function

private string ConvertColorStringToHex(string colorString){
return Color.FromName(colorString).ToArgb().ToString("X8").Substring(2,6);
}

answered Oct 12, 2012 at 12:09

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