ah, thanks for your reply. different point of view. will try to by-pass Lab values with RGB instead of conversion. thanks again.

Just need to know that will there be a color difference in visibility with application created in VC++ 6.0 and VC++ 2010.

This color picker is only for checking the color values. this is nowhere related with the application.

Hello Richard, I am using the colorpic which is downloaded from the link below. http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/[^] if you move the mouse over any place, the application will display the color values. Regards, A. Gopinath.

Hello, Thanks for your reply. This is the format in text file in which pantone color details are written. PANTONE Number Name L* a* b* sR sG sB PANTONE 11-0103 TCX Egret 93.74 1.19 6.78 243 236 224 PANTONE 11-0602 TCX Snow White 94.93 0.1 2.67 242 240 235 PANTONE 11-0601 TCX Bright White 96.21 -0.44 1.61 244 245 240 The value which I gave previously is PANTONE 17-1544 TCX Burnt Sienna 53.75 43.63 28.62 198 93 82 In the new application, on a color button (CColorBtn), i am displaying the colors. In the old application, they are loading this L, a and b values, converting into color values. for this, they are using some third party, i am not able to go depth in that. color is displayed on some other control, not on button in old application. Regards, A. Gopinath.

Hello Everybody, We have an application which is created in VC++ 6.0 version, in that we are displaying some colors (Pantone color) reading the colors from text file and displaying. When I use the same text file (with same color details), in Visual Studio 2008 or higher, the application is displaying different color (actual color is this) For example, Original RGB is 198, 93, 82 Using color picker, for old application, its giving RGB as 120, 27, 20 and in the new application it shows 198, 93 and 82. Will there be any color variation between old and new applications (visual studios)? Thanks in advance, A. Gopinath.

Its not looking like you are here to learn. This forum is to help you if you have any issues in the code which you have tried. And for your information, everybody here in this forum is always kind, they are here to share their knowledge.