1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utilities/color.vala b/src/utilities/color.vala
index 6bb9d06..a681e02 100644
--- a/src/utilities/color.vala
+++ b/src/utilities/color.vala
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@ public class Color: GLib.Object {
     }
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    /// Creates a color from a given widget style
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    public Color.from_widget_style(Gtk.Widget widget, string style_name) {
+        var ctx = widget.get_style_context();
+        Gdk.RGBA color;
+        if (!ctx.lookup_color(style_name, out color)) {
+            warning("Failed to get style color for widget style \"" + style_name + "\"!");
+        }
+        Color.from_gdk(color);
+    }
+
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /// Creates a color, parsed from a string, such as #22EE33
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
@@ -129,6 +142,14 @@ public class Color: GLib.Object {
     }
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    /// Returns this color as its hex representation.
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    public string to_hex_string() {
+        return "#%02X%02X%02X".printf((int)(_r*255), (int)(_g*255), (int)(_b*255));
+    }
+
+    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /// The reddish part of the color.
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////