SoSFColorRGBA(3)

💖 SoSFColorRGBA 💖

okay bestie, welcome to SoSFColorRGBA(3) from the Coin manual — it's giving "tiny container, big feelings" and honestly? she ate. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

SoSFColorRGBA — the class that is literally just a lil box holding one SbColor4f value. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <Inventor/fields/SoSFColorRGBA.h>

Inherits SoSField.

🦋 Public Member Functions 🦋

virtual SoType getTypeId (void) const
virtual void copyFrom (const SoField &field)
const SoSFColorRGBA & operator= (const SoSFColorRGBA &field)
virtual SbBool isSame (const SoField &field) const
const SbColor4f & getValue (void) const
void setValue (const SbColor4f &newvalue)
const SbColor4f & operator= (const SbColor4f &newvalue)
int operator== (const SoSFColorRGBA &field) const
int operator!= (const SoSFColorRGBA &field) const
void setValue (const SbVec4f &vec)
void setValue (float red, float green, float blue, float alpha)
void setValue (const float rgba[4])
void setHSVValue (float h, float s, float v, float a)
void setHSVValue (const float hsva[4])

💜 Public Member Functions inherited from SoSField

virtual ~SoSField ()

💜 Public Member Functions inherited from SoField

virtual ~SoField ()
void setIgnored (SbBool ignore)
SbBool isIgnored (void) const
void setDefault (SbBool defaultVal)
SbBool isDefault (void) const
SbBool isOfType (const SoType type) const
void enableConnection (SbBool flag)
SbBool isConnectionEnabled (void) const
SbBool connectFrom (SoEngineOutput *master, SbBool notnotify=FALSE,
    SbBool append=FALSE)
SbBool appendConnection (SoEngineOutput *master, SbBool notnotify=FALSE)
void disconnect (SoEngineOutput *engineoutput)
SbBool isConnectedFromEngine (void) const
SbBool getConnectedEngine (SoEngineOutput *&master) const
SbBool connectFrom (SoField *master, SbBool notnotify=FALSE, SbBool
    append=FALSE)
SbBool appendConnection (SoField *master, SbBool notnotify=FALSE)
void disconnect (SoField *field)
SbBool isConnectedFromField (void) const
SbBool getConnectedField (SoField *&master) const
int getNumConnections (void) const
int getForwardConnections (SoFieldList &slavelist) const
int getConnections (SoFieldList &masterlist) const
void disconnect (void)
SbBool isConnected (void) const
void setContainer (SoFieldContainer *cont)
SoFieldContainer * getContainer (void) const
SbBool set (const char *valuestring)
void get (SbString &valuestring)
SbBool shouldWrite (void) const
virtual void touch (void)
virtual void startNotify (void)
virtual void notify (SoNotList *nlist)
SbBool enableNotify (SbBool on)
SbBool isNotifyEnabled (void) const
void addAuditor (void *f, SoNotRec::Type type)
void removeAuditor (void *f, SoNotRec::Type type)
int operator== (const SoField &f) const
int operator!= (const SoField &f) const
virtual void connectionStatusChanged (int numconnections)
SbBool isReadOnly (void) const
virtual void fixCopy (SbBool copyconnections)
virtual SbBool referencesCopy (void) const
void copyConnection (const SoField *fromfield)
virtual SbBool read (SoInput *input, const SbName &name)
virtual void write (SoOutput *out, const SbName &name) const
virtual void countWriteRefs (SoOutput *out) const
void setFieldType (int type)
int getFieldType (void) const
SbBool getDirty (void) const
void setDirty (SbBool dirty)
void evaluate (void) const

🌈 Static Public Member Functions 🌈

static void * createInstance (void)
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
static void initClass (void)

⭐ Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoSField

static void initClass (void)
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)
static void atexit_cleanup (void)

⭐ Static Public Member Functions inherited from SoField

static void initClass (void)
static void initClasses (void)
static void cleanupClass (void)
static SoType getClassTypeId (void)

🎀 Protected Attributes 🎀

SbColor4f value

🫶 Additional Inherited Members 🫶

Public Types inherited from SoField

enum FieldType { NORMAL_FIELD = 0, EVENTIN_FIELD, EVENTOUT_FIELD,
    EXPOSED_FIELD }

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoSField

SoSField (void)

Protected Member Functions inherited from SoField

SoField (void)
void valueChanged (SbBool resetdefault=TRUE)
virtual void evaluateConnection (void) const
virtual SbBool readConnection (SoInput *in)
virtual void writeConnection (SoOutput *out) const
SbBool isDestructing (void) const
virtual SoNotRec createNotRec (SoBase *cont)

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💅 Detailed Description 💅

okay so the SoSFColorRGBA class is literally a container for an SbColor4f value. no cap. that's the whole personality.

this field shows up when nodes, engines or other field containers need to hold one single color value (aka Red + Green + Blue + Alpha). that's it. one vibe. one color. 😌

fields of this type save their value to file as a "R G B A" quadruple component, where every single color component value sits between 0.0 and 1.0. keep that range in mind bestie, fr fr.

See also 🦋

SbColor4f, SoMFColorRGBA

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👑 Member Function Documentation 👑

void * SoSFColorRGBA::createInstance (void ) [static]

this API member is considered internal to the library, as it is not likely to be of interest to the application programmer. so like... not your business, respectfully 💅

creates a new instance of the class type corresponding to the SoType object.

SoType SoSFColorRGBA::getClassTypeId (void ) [static]

this static method returns the SoType object associated with objects of this class.

SoType SoSFColorRGBA::getTypeId (void ) const [virtual]

returns the type identification of an object derived from a class inheriting SoField. this is used for runtime type checking and "downward" casting.

implements SoField.

void SoSFColorRGBA::copyFrom (const SoField & f) [virtual]

copy value(s) from f into this field. heads up: f must be of the same type as this field. no mixing, no matching, periodt.

implements SoField.

SbBool SoSFColorRGBA::isSame (const SoField & f) const [virtual]

check for equal type and value(s). basically the vibe check for fields 🌸

implements SoField.

void SoSFColorRGBA::initClass (void ) [static]

internal method called upon initialization of the library (from SoDB::init()) to set up the type system.

void SoSFColorRGBA::setValue (const SbVec4f & vec)

set color value from a vector with three elements. the three elements will be interpreted as red, green and blue, respectively.

void SoSFColorRGBA::setValue (float red, float green, float blue, float alpha)

set color value from red, green and blue. value range for each component is between 0.0 and 1.0.

void SoSFColorRGBA::setValue (const float rgba[4])

set color value from a floating point number array with three elements. the three elements will be interpreted as red, green and blue, respectively.

void SoSFColorRGBA::setHSVValue (float h, float s, float v, float a)

set color value from h, s and v, where h is "hue", s is "saturation" and v is "value". 🎨

void SoSFColorRGBA::setHSVValue (const float hsva[4])

set color value from a floating point number array with three elements. the three elements will be interpreted as hue, saturation and value, respectively.

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🧚 Author 🧚

generated automatically by Doxygen for Coin from the source code. so like, not a human, but honestly the slay is real 💀

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Version 4.0.10 · Thu Jun 25 2026 00:00:00 · SoSFColorRGBA(3)

and that's the whole page bestie 🫶 go forth, store exactly one RGBA color, and be the main character of your scene graph. mwah 💖✨