ChooseColor
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ChooseColor is a Windows common dialog box function that lets applications display a standard color-selection interface for users to pick and customize colors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ChooseColor canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8288349 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ChooseColor Context triple: [Comdlg32, providesAPI, ChooseColor]
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A.
Colors
Colors is a 2017 studio album by American musician Beck that showcases a bright, pop-oriented sound and marked a stylistic shift from his earlier, more introspective work.
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B.
Colour
Colour is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter and producer Uzoechi Emenike, known professionally as MNEK, showcasing his blend of pop, R&B, and electronic music.
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C.
Colores
Colores is a 2020 reggaeton and Latin pop studio album by Colombian artist J Balvin, noted for its color-themed tracks and vibrant, minimalist production.
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D.
Colours
"Colours" is a 1967 psychedelic folk song by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, known for its gentle acoustic style and vivid, poetic imagery.
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E.
Couleur 3
Couleur 3 is a Swiss public radio station known for its alternative, youth-oriented programming and contemporary music, operated by Radio Télévision Suisse.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ChooseColor Target entity description: ChooseColor is a Windows common dialog box function that lets applications display a standard color-selection interface for users to pick and customize colors.
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A.
Colors
Colors is a 2017 studio album by American musician Beck that showcases a bright, pop-oriented sound and marked a stylistic shift from his earlier, more introspective work.
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B.
Colour
Colour is the debut studio album by British singer-songwriter and producer Uzoechi Emenike, known professionally as MNEK, showcasing his blend of pop, R&B, and electronic music.
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C.
Colores
Colores is a 2020 reggaeton and Latin pop studio album by Colombian artist J Balvin, noted for its color-themed tracks and vibrant, minimalist production.
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D.
Colours
"Colours" is a 1967 psychedelic folk song by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan, known for its gentle acoustic style and vivid, poetic imagery.
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E.
Couleur 3
Couleur 3 is a Swiss public radio station known for its alternative, youth-oriented programming and contemporary music, operated by Radio Télévision Suisse.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows API function
ⓘ
common dialog box function ⓘ |
| allowsUserAction |
choose from basic colors
ⓘ
customize a color ⓘ define custom colors ⓘ select a color ⓘ |
| category | Windows common dialog functions ⓘ |
| definedIn |
Win32 API
ⓘ
Windows API ⓘ
linked to:
Win32 API
|
| dialogType | standard color-selection interface ⓘ |
| displays | Color Selection dialog box ⓘ |
| errorRetrievalFunction | CommDlgExtendedError ⓘ |
| hasDLL | Comdlg32.dll ⓘ |
| hasHeader | commdlg.h ⓘ |
| hasLibrary | Comdlg32.lib ⓘ |
| hasParameter | LPCHOOSECOLOR lpcc ⓘ |
| inputField |
lpcc->Flags
ⓘ
lpcc->hInstance ⓘ lpcc->hwndOwner ⓘ lpcc->lpCustColors ⓘ lpcc->rgbResult ⓘ |
| introducedFor | standardized color selection in Windows applications ⓘ |
| namespace | global Win32 API namespace ⓘ |
| outputField |
lpcc->lpCustColors
ⓘ
lpcc->rgbResult ⓘ |
| providedBy |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| relatedFunction |
ChooseFont
ⓘ
GetOpenFileName ⓘ
linked to:
Comdlg32
GetSaveFileName ⓘ
linked to:
Comdlg32
PrintDlg ⓘ |
| returns | BOOL ⓘ |
| returnValueMeaning |
nonzero indicates success
ⓘ
zero indicates failure or user cancel ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| supportsCharacterSet |
ANSI
ⓘ
Unicode ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
allow users to pick colors for UI elements
ⓘ
allow users to pick colors for drawing or painting tools ⓘ |
| usesFlag |
CC_ANYCOLOR
ⓘ
CC_ENABLEHOOK ⓘ CC_ENABLETEMPLATE ⓘ CC_ENABLETEMPLATEHANDLE ⓘ CC_FULLOPEN ⓘ CC_PREVENTFULLOPEN ⓘ CC_RGBINIT ⓘ CC_SHOWHELP ⓘ CC_SOLIDCOLOR ⓘ |
| usesStructure |
CHOOSECOLOR
ⓘ
CHOOSECOLORA ⓘ CHOOSECOLORW ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ChooseColor Description of subject: ChooseColor is a Windows common dialog box function that lets applications display a standard color-selection interface for users to pick and customize colors.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.