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         <bookmark_value>colors;numerical values</bookmark_value>
         <bookmark_value>colors;calculating in spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
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     <paragraph id="par_id1102201617001848" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".">Return a numeric value calculated by a combination of three colors (red, green and blue) and the alpha channel, in the RGBA color system.</ahelp> The result depends on the color system used by your computer.</paragraph>
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 <paragraph id="par_id242131304318587" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Red, Green and Blue</emph> – required arguments. The value for the red, green and blue components of the color. The values must be between 0 and 255. Zero means no color component and 255 means full color component.</paragraph>
 <paragraph id="par_id242131304315587" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><emph>Alpha</emph> – optional argument. The value for the alpha channel or alpha composite. Alpha is a integer value between 0 and 255. The value of zero for alpha means the color is fully transparent, whereas a value of 255 in the alpha channel gives a fully opaque color.</paragraph>
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 <paragraph id="par_id1102201618185378" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="input">COLOR(0;0;255;0)</item> returns 255 </paragraph>
 <paragraph id="par_id1102201618185326" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><item type="input">COLOR(0;0;255;255)</item> returns 4278190335 </paragraph>
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