Extracting COLORREF

How can I convert a COLORREF varible to three integers (int r, g, b? I have been stumped about this for a very long time, thanks for any help, Queatrix.

When specifying an explicit RGB color, the COLORREF value has the following hexadecimal form:

0x00bbggrr

So just bitshifting and masking would be enough

g = (cr >> 8) & 0xFF;

or as suggested in the MSDN

To create a COLORREF color value, use the RGB macro. To extract the individual values for the red, green, and blue components of a color value, use the GetRValue, GetGValue, and GetBValue macros, respectively.

Thanks, thats what I needed.