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Color.format()
Returns Color as a hex-string, regardless of source data is a hex value or named color.
Thus if $MyColor is "bright red":
$MyString = $MyColor.format(); gives "#ff0000"
$MyString = $MyColor; gives "bright red"
Whilst if $MyColor is "#330099":
$MyColor.format(); gives "#330099"
$MyString = $MyColor; gives "#330099"
Therefore for a Color-type attribute set to a named colour, to get that name string simply pass the attribute's value to a string. So if $MyColor is "bright blue", this:
$MyString = $MyColor;
…gives "bright blue" and this:
$MyString = $MyColor + " ("+$MyColor.format()+")";
…gives "bright blue (#0000ff)".
This supplements the existing format() function.