Question

I am trying to convert a hex value to its corresponding color name, but the ColorConverter’s ConvertFromString method is inserting extra characters:

string s1 = "#000000";
string s2 = "#ccff33";
string s3 = "#990000";
Color color;
ColorConverter converter = new ColorConverter();

color = (Color)converter.ConvertFromString(s1);
Console.Write(color.Name); // Outputs "Black"

color = (Color)converter.ConvertFromString(s2);
Console.Write(color.Name); // Outputs "ffccff33";

color = (Color)converter.ConvertFromString(s3);
Console.Write(color.Name); // Outputs "ff990000";

The extra “ff” inexplicably happens for every color but Black and White. Does anyone have any idea why this is happening?

Answer 1

We have similar functionality in one of our projects, you could use the following

(color)ColorTranslator.FromHtml(s1);