Font Color
==========
Color, as a topic, extends beyond the |Font| object; font color is just the
first place it's come up. Accordingly, it bears a little deeper thought than
usual since we'll want to reuse the same objects and protocol to specify
color in the other contexts; it makes sense to craft a general solution that
will bear the expected reuse.
There are three historical sources to draw from for this API.
1. The `w:rPr/w:color` element. This is used by default when applying color
directly to text or when setting the text color of a style. This
corresponds to the `Font.Color` property (undocumented, unfortunately).
This element supports RGB colors, theme colors, and a tint or shade of
a theme color.
2. The `w:rPr/w14:textFill` element. This is used by Word for fancy text like
gradient and shadow effects. This corresponds to the `Font.Fill` property.
3. The PowerPoint font color UI. This seems like a reasonable compromise
between the prior two, allowing direct-ish access to common color options
while holding the door open for the `Font.fill` operations to be added
later if required.
Candidate Protocol
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:class:`docx.text.run.Run` has a font property::
>>> from docx import Document
>>> from docx.text.run import Font, Run
>>> run = Document().add_paragraph().add_run()
>>> isinstance(run, Run)
True
>>> font = run.font
>>> isinstance(font, Font)
True
:class:`docx.text.run.Font` has a read-only color property, returning
a :class:`docx.dml.color.ColorFormat` object::
>>> from docx.dml.color import ColorFormat
>>> color = font.color
>>> isinstance(font.color, ColorFormat)
True
>>> font.color = 'anything'
AttributeError: can't set attribute
:class:`docx.dml.color.ColorFormat` has a read-only :attr:`type` property and
read/write :attr:`rgb`, :attr:`theme_color`, and :attr:`brightness`
properties.
:attr:`ColorFormat.type` returns one of `MSO_COLOR_TYPE.RGB`,
`MSO_COLOR_TYPE.THEME`, `MSO_COLOR_TYPE.AUTO`, or |None|, the latter
indicating font has no directly-applied color::
>>> font.color.type
None
:attr:`ColorFormat.rgb` returns an |RGBColor| object when `type` is
`MSO_COLOR_TYPE.RGB`. It may also report an RGBColor value when `type` is
`MSO_COLOR_TYPE.THEME`, since an RGB color may also be present in that case.
According to the spec, the RGB color value is ignored when a theme color is
specified, but Word writes the current RGB value of the theme color along
with the theme color name (e.g. 'accent1') when assigning a theme color;
perhaps as a convenient value for a file browser to use. The value of `.type`
must be consulted to determine whether the RGB value is operative or
a "best-guess"::
>>> font.color.type
RGB (1)
>>> font.color.rgb
RGBColor(0x3f, 0x2c, 0x36)
Assigning an |RGBColor| value to :attr:`ColorFormat.rgb` causes
:attr:`ColorFormat.type` to become `MSO_COLOR_TYPE.RGB`::
>>> font.color.type
None
>>> font.color.rgb = RGBColor(0x3f, 0x2c, 0x36)
>>> font.color.type
RGB (1)
>>> font.color.rgb
RGBColor(0x3f, 0x2c, 0x36)
:attr:`ColorFormat.theme_color` returns a member of :ref:`MsoThemeColorIndex`
when `type` is `MSO_COLOR_TYPE.THEME`::
>>> font.color.type
THEME (2)
>>> font.color.theme_color
ACCENT_1 (5)
Assigning a member of :ref:`MsoThemeColorIndex` to
:attr:`ColorFormat.theme_color` causes :attr:`ColorFormat.type` to become
`MSO_COLOR_TYPE.THEME`::
>>> font.color.type
RGB (1)
>>> font.color.theme_color = MSO_THEME_COLOR.ACCENT_2
>>> font.color.type
THEME (2)
>>> font.color.theme_color
ACCENT_2 (6)
The :attr:`ColorFormat.brightness` attribute can be used to select a tint or
shade of a theme color. Assigning the value 0.1 produces a color 10% brighter
(a tint); assigning -0.1 produces a color 10% darker (a shade)::
>>> font.color.type
None
>>> font.color.brightness
0.0
>>> font.color.brightness = 0.4
ValueError: not a theme color
>>> font.color.theme_color = MSO_THEME_COLOR.TEXT_1
>>> font.color.brightness = 0.4
>>> font.color.brightness
0.4
Specimen XML
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.. highlight:: xml
Baseline paragraph with no font color::
Text with no color.
Paragraph with directly-applied RGB color::
Directly-applied color Blue.
Run with directly-applied theme color::
Theme color Accent 1.
Run with 40% tint of Text 2 theme color::
Theme color with 40% tint.
Run with 25% shade of Accent 2 theme color::
Theme color with 25% shade.
Schema excerpt
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.. highlight:: xml
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