Strange case of Overflow error

[jmsrickland]

I am converting R, G, B colors to a Long variable.

I believe that this is the correct way to do it:

Dim lngColor As Long

lngColor = B * 65536 + G * 256 + R

R, G, and B have been defined as Bytes and their value are R=189, G=197, B=197


I get an overflow error on

G * 256

but I do not get an error on B * 65536

For example:

Dim C1 As Long
Dim C2 As Long
Dim C3 As Long


C3 = B * 65536 <---------- No error
C2 = G * 256 <---------- Overflow
C1 = R