[RESOLVED] Inverting colors

[Ellis Dee]

How do you invert colors? My guess to just subtract it from vbWhite, but that would mean inverted gray is gray, so that can't be right.

Anyone know?

[RhinoBull]

Would this work for you?

[Edgemeal]

Wild guess....Have you tried using Xor?

Maybe something like,
NewColor = 255 Xor TheColor
or
NewColor = vbWhite Xor TheColor

?

[Ellis Dee]

Would this work for you?

That's the solution I proposed in the OP: subtract it from vbWhite. Thanks much for the link confirming this is how to do it.

[Ellis Dee]

Wild guess....Have you tried using Xor?

Maybe something like,
NewColor = 255 Xor TheColor
or
NewColor = vbWhite Xor TheColor

?

Looks like we both guessed correctly, as doing an Xor like that is functionally equivalent to subtracting the color from vbWhite, and RhinoBull's link confirms that subtracting the color from vbWhite is indeed how you invert a color.

I like the Xor method better, though, because it's chock full of computery goodness.

[Edgemeal]

because it's chock full of computery goodness.

I'm not sure what that really means, but it sounds good!