Allows you to get or set the current color space for the color.

Grayscale, RGB and CMYK colors are defined purely in terms of the values of the XColor object. However more complex colors need to be defined in the context of a separate color space.

The ColorOperatorType enumeration may take the following values:

• None
• DeviceGray (i.e. grayscale)
• DeviceRGB (i.e. RGB)
• DeviceCMYK (i.e. CMYK)
• ColorSpace (i.e. a generic set of color components)

The actual color is defined in terms of the Components of the color. For grayscale, RGB and CMYK there are one, three and four of these respectively. These components are most commonly accessed using properties such as Gray, Red, Green or Blue which express the values in terms of integers (typically 0 to 255). However it is ultimately the Components ranging from 0.0 to 1.0 which are provided as parameters to the PDF color operator.

If you change the value of this property between DeviceGray, DeviceRGB and DeviceCMYK, the current color will automatically be converted to the indicated color space. However different color spaces have fundamentally different properties and color conversions can only ever be approximate. Changing to None or ColorSpace will not change the number or values of the Components.

The integer values for the enumeration values DeviceGray, DeviceRGB and DeviceCMYK are one, three and four respectively, so that they match up with the number of color components in each of these color spaces.

The ColorSpace enumeration value indicates a generic color with a generic set of components. This type of color only makes sense within the context of a specified color space such as a spot color space. In this situation the parameters that are provided to the PDF color operator are accessed directly using the Components of the color. In addition, for pattern color spaces, there may also be a Name associated with the color.

None.