# Hexadecimal annotation for colors, is it faster?
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/hexadecimal-annotation-for-colors-is-it-faster/5777
**Category:** Processing
**Created:** [November 20, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/hexadecimal-annotation-for-colors-is-it-faster/5777 "2018-11-20T19:51:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@solub](https://discourse.processing.org/u/solub)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/hexadecimal-annotation-for-colors-is-it-faster/5777/1 "2018-11-20T19:51:52Z")
Hi,
The title says it all, I’d like to know if calling colors with hexadecimal annotations is faster than the usual `color(255, 0, 0)` for instance.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Kevin](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Kevin)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/hexadecimal-annotation-for-colors-is-it-faster/5777/2 "2018-11-20T19:55:00Z")
The best way to answer questions like this is to try it out. Create a sketch that uses a million colors in different notations, and add some logic that records how long it takes. I’d be curious to hear about your results, so make sure you report back!
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### Author:  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/hexadecimal-annotation-for-colors-is-it-faster/5777/3 "2018-11-20T19:57:50Z")
A literal value is faster than any function or even an expression. 🚤
Especially considering that **color()** in particular isn’t very performant! 🐌
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### Author:  [@solub](https://discourse.processing.org/u/solub)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2018, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/hexadecimal-annotation-for-colors-is-it-faster/5777/4 "2018-11-21T18:39:47Z")
Thanks @GoToLoop
I suspected the color() function to be slower but wasn’t certain. Now I am.