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Manual Reference Pages  - GLCOLORPOINTER (3G)

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glColorPointer - define an array of colors

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void glColorPointer( GLint size,

                   GLenum type,
                   GLsizei stride,
                   const GLvoid *ptr )

size	Specifies the number of components per color. Must be 3 or 4. The initial value is 4.
type	Specifies the data type of each color component in the array. Symbolic constants  GL_BYTE,  GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE,  GL_SHORT,  GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT,  GL_INT,  GL_UNSIGNED_INT,  GL_FLOAT, and  GL_DOUBLE are accepted. The initial value is  GL_FLOAT.
stride	Specifies the byte offset between consecutive colors. If stride is 0 (the initial value), the colors are understood to be tightly packed in the array. The initial value is 0.
ptr	Specifies a pointer to the first component of the first color element in the array.

 glColorPointer specifies the location and data of an array of color components to use when rendering. size specifies the number of components per color, and must be 3 or 4. type specifies the data type of each color component, and stride specifies the byte stride from one color to the next allowing vertices and attributes to be packed into a single array or stored in separate arrays. (Single-array storage may be more efficient on some implementations; see  glInterleavedArrays.)

When a color array is specified, size, type, stride, and ptr are saved as client-side state.

To enable and disable the color array, call  glEnableClientState and
 glDisableClientState with the argument  GL_COLOR_ARRAY. If enabled, the color array is used when  glDrawArrays,  glDrawElements,  glDrawRangeElements, or  glArrayElement is called.

 glColorPointer is available only if the GL version is 1.1 or greater.

The color array is initially disabled and isn’t accessed when  glArrayElement,  glDrawArrays,  glDrawRangeElements, or  glDrawElements is called.

Execution of  glColorPointer is not allowed between the execution of  glBegin and the corresponding execution of  glEnd, but an error may or may not be generated. If no error is generated, the operation is undefined.

 glColorPointer is typically implemented on the client side.

Color array parameters are client-side state and are therefore not saved or restored by  glPushAttrib and  glPopAttrib. Use  glPushClientAttrib and  glPopClientAttrib instead.

 GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if size is not 3 or 4.

 GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if type is not an accepted value.

 GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if stride is negative.

 glIsEnabled with argument  GL_COLOR_ARRAY
 glGet with argument  GL_COLOR_ARRAY_SIZE
 glGet with argument  GL_COLOR_ARRAY_TYPE
 glGet with argument  GL_COLOR_ARRAY_STRIDE
 glGetPointerv with argument  GL_COLOR_ARRAY_POINTER

 glArrayElement(3G),  glDrawArrays(3G),  glDrawElements(3G),  glEdgeFlagPointer(3G),  glEnable(3G),  glGetPointerv(3G),  glIndexPointer(3G),  glInterleavedArrays(3G),  glNormalPointer(3G),  glPopClientAttrib(3G),  glPushClientAttrib(3G),  glTexCoordPointer(3G),  glVertexPointer(3G)

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