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iOS

Gene Bogdanovich
Gene Bogdanovich
14,618 Points
Posted by Gene Bogdanovich
Gene Bogdanovich
14,618 Points

Why do we have to divide red, green, and blue values by 255?

import UIKit

UIColor(red: 52/255, green: 67/255, blue: 199/255, alpha: 1)
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points
Jeff McDivitt
Jeff McDivitt
23,970 Points

Try to do it without them and you will find your answer

1 Answer

lvwdhydynw
lvwdhydynw
6,443 Points
lvwdhydynw
lvwdhydynw
6,443 Points

Hopefully this will help you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20486700/why-we-always-divide-rgb-values-by-255 :)