WoW API: GetItemQualityColor

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Returns RGB color codes for an item quality.

r, g, b, hex = GetItemQualityColor(quality)

Arguments

quality: Number - The numeric ID of the quality from 0 (Poor) to 7 (Heirloom).

for i = 0, 7 do
  local r, g, b, hex = GetItemQualityColor(i);
  print(i, hex, getglobal("ITEM_QUALITY" .. i .. "_DESC"), string.sub(hex,5));
end

Will print all qualities, in their individual colors (example result from version 3.1.1).

Template:Example/Begin 0 Poor ff9d9d9d
1 Common ffffffff
2 Uncommon ff1eff00
3 Rare ff0070dd
4 Epic ffa335ee
5 Legendary ffff8000
6 Artifact ffe6cc80
7 Heirloom ffe6cc80 ← Pre-Template:Legion-inline Legion
7 Heirloom ff00ccff ← Template:Legion-inline Legion^{[citation needed]}
8 WoW Token ff00ccff^{[citation needed]} Template:Example/End

GetItemQualityColor() was added in Patch 1.9.1

If an invalid quality index is specified, GetItemQualityColor() returns white (same as index 1):

r = 1

g = 1

b = 1

hex = |cffffffff

Quality #7 was added in version Patch 3.0 for heirloom items.

ITEM_QUALITY7_DESC is now defined as of Patch 3.1.1.

Quality #8/ITEM_QUALITY8_DESC (aqua cyan) added in Patch 6.1.2 for Template:Item.

Quality #7/ITEM_QUALITY7_DESC changed to aqua cyan as of Patch 7.0.3.^[1]^{[citation needed]}