C# - Not getting Color[] values in Deserialization

Question

I am serializing an array of Color[]. Assigning some values of Color to it at the time of serializing.

ColorList = new Color[] { Color.Red, Color.Blue, Color.Black, Color.Yellow };

At the time of deserialization, I am getting the object back with same array length but the values aren't there. Here is what I am getting -

{Name=0, ARGB=(0, 0, 0, 0)}

does [this answer help](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2306335/5174469) ? or may be [this one](http://stackoverflow.com/a/3891614/5174469) ? — Mong Zhu, Apr 05 '17 at 11:32
Assuming you are using `XmlSerializer` then I believe [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/4322461/3744182) is the best answer to this question. — dbc, Apr 05 '17 at 17:06
Which serializer are you using - `XmlSerializer` or `DataContractSerializer`? — dbc, Apr 05 '17 at 19:17

Koby Douek · Answer 1 · 2017-04-05T11:36:09.903

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System.Drawing.Color cannot be represented as RGBA upon serialization. You need to represent it as a color code, and de-code it later on.

You would have to use a string array with the RGBA values like this:

ColorList = new string[] { 
    string.Format("{0},{1},{2},{3}", Color.Red.R, Color.Red.G, Color.Red.B, Color.Red.A),
    string.Format("{0},{1},{2},{3}", Color.Black.R, Color.Black.G, Color.Black.B, Color.Black.A),
    string.Format("{0},{1},{2},{3}", Color.Yellow.R, Color.Yellow.G, Color.Yellow.B, Color.Yellow .A)
}

edited Apr 05 '17 at 11:36

answered Apr 05 '17 at 11:33

Koby Douek

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Can you tell me the reason behind it? – Arpit Gupta Apr 05 '17 at 11:34
Color cannot be represented as RGBA upon serialization. You need to represent it as a color code, and de-code it later on. – Koby Douek Apr 05 '17 at 11:35
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`ColorTranslator.ToHtml` and `ColorTranslator.FromHtml` would be simpler – Ofir Winegarten Apr 05 '17 at 13:25

C# - Not getting Color[] values in Deserialization

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