@code{#[floating-vector 42 0. 1. 0. 1.]} represents completely opaque
green.
-Colors can also be specified with a string:
-@itemize
-@item A standard color name (per the Cascading Style Sheets standard).
-@item A hex value: 'RGB', 'RRGGBB', 'RRRGGGBBB', or 'RRRRGGGGBBBB'.
-@item An RGB color: 'rgb(R,G,B)' where R, G and B are decimal
-numbers between 0 and 255 inclusive or percentages.
-@item An RGBA color: 'rgba(R,G,B,A)' where R, G and B are numbers or
-percentages as above, and A is a floating point number between 0. and
-1. inclusive.
-@end itemize
+Colors can also be created by Pango's @code{->color} procedure
+when applied to a string in a number of formats, e.g. @code{"blue"} or
+@code{"#00F"} or @code{"rgba(0,0,100%,1)"}.
+@xref{->color, , , pango, Pango Plugin Manual}.
@node Cairo Surface, Cairo Pattern, Cairo Context, API Reference
@section Cairo Surface