How to Convert Qcolor value to hex value?

Question

I have implemented a QColor dialog box which opens on certain condition. To get the selected color after final selection I use the method selectedColor() which returns the value in QColor. When I print that value, it's like this:

<PyQt4.QtGui.QColor object at 0x01DD7880> 

I want color value in hex value like this: #DFDFDF (for grey). If it's not hex, correct me.

Is there any function to convert that?

Any suggestions welcome.

Answer 1

You need to print selectedColor().name() to print the actual color value in hex. See the QColor Documentation

Answer 2

To amplify a bit, maybe confuse, maybe clarify... (For Python newbies)

color = QColorDialog.getColor(pWidget.textBackgroundColor(), pWidget, 'Get Text Highlighting Color') 

The above will return a QColor using the QColorDialog, for those of us who don't want to be stuck with named colors like 'Blue', 'red', green etc.

fg = color.name() 

In this case I am converting the QColor to a string HEX for use in a style sheet.

Widget.setStyleSheet('background-color: ' + bg + ';color: ' + fg) 

This is how such a converted value can be used in a style sheet.

Note how to concatenate more than one stylesheet attribute. Also, side note, sometimes changing one attribute cancels previous changes to others.