[reportlab-users] CMYK coloured <font> within a Paragraph

[Robin Becker]

Stevens, Ian wrote:

> I'm using the <font> tag to introduce a coloured symbol in a different

> font within a paragraph.  Is there a way that I can specify that colour

> as CMYK?  Currently the colour is RGB:

>  

> eg.

> colour = CMYKColor(0, 0.6, 0.94, 0)

> style = ParagraphStyle('style', fontName='FontOne', textColor=black)

> [...]

> p = Paragraph('Test para <font face="FontTwo" color="%s" size="7"> &gt;

> </font> with colour' % (colour.hexval(), style)

>  

> This is causing problems with our printer as everything else is CMYK,

> including the same colour used elsewhere, and the symbol in the

> paragraph is RGB.

>  

> thanks,

> Ian.

>  

......
reportlab.lib.colors.toColor is used to parse the colour values so you 
can use

<font color='CMYKColor(0,0.6,0.94,0)'>CMYKColor</font>

etc etc
-- 
Robin Becker