NAME: COLOR24 PURPOSE: The purpose of this function is to convert a RGB color triple into the equivalent 24-big long integer. CATEGORY: Graphics, Color Specification. CALLING SEQUENCE: color = COLOR24(rgb_triple) INPUTS: RGB_TRIPLE: A three-element column or row array representing a color triple. The values of the elements must be between 0 and 255. KEYWORD PARAMETERS: None. COMMON BLOCKS: None. SIDE EFFECTS: None. RESTRICTIONS: None. EXAMPLE: To convert the color triple for the color YELLOW, (255, 255, 0), to the hexadecimal value '00FFFF'x or the decimal number 65535, type: color = COLOR24([255, 255, 0]) This routine was written to be used with routines like COLORS or GETCOLOR MODIFICATION HISTORY: Written by: David Fanning, 3 February 96.