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Returns RGB color codes for an item quality.

r, g, b, hex = GetItemQualityColor(quality)

Parameters

Arguments

quality
quality
Integer - The numeric ID of the quality from 0 (Poor) to 7 (Heirloom).

Returns

r, g, b, hex
r
Float - The Red component of the color
g
Float - The Green component of the color
b
Float - The Blue component of the color
hex
String - Contains the hexidecimal representation of the string, as well as "|c" in the beginning.

Example

for i = 0, 7 do
  local r, g, b, hex = GetItemQualityColor(i);
  print(i, hex, getglobal("ITEM_QUALITY" .. i .. "_DESC"), string.sub(hex,5));
end

Result

Will print all qualities, in their individual colors (example result from version 3.1.1).

0 Poor #9d9d9d
1 Common #ffffff
2 Uncommon #1eff00
3 Rare #0070dd
4 Epic #a335ee
5 Legendary #ff8000
6 Artifact #e6cc80
7 Heirloom #e6cc80

Details

GetItemQualityColor() was added in 1.9.1
If an invalid quality index is specified, GetItemQualityColor() returns white (same as index 1):
r = 1
g = 1
b = 1
hex = |cffffffff
Quality #7 was added in version 3.0 for heirloom items, although ITEM_QUALITY7_DESC has not yet been defined.
ITEM_QUALITY7_DESC is now defined as of 3.1.1

See also

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