Get RGB value from UIColor presets

Question

I my application I pass RGB color value to server. My app uses UIColor predefined values, like [UIColor grayColor], [UIColor redColor]. I know that I can use following code:

Answer 1

Adding to Jesse's answer, here is how to preserve alpha:

- (void)getRGBAComponents:(CGFloat [4])components forColor:(UIColor *)color {
    CGColorSpaceRef rgbColorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
    unsigned char resultingPixel[4] = {0};
    CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(&resultingPixel,
                                                 1,
                                                 1,
                                                 8,
                                                 4,
                                                 rgbColorSpace,
                                                 kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast);
    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [color CGColor]);
    CGContextFillRect(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, 1, 1));
    CGContextRelease(context);
    CGColorSpaceRelease(rgbColorSpace);

    CGFloat a = resultingPixel[3] / 255.0;
    CGFloat unpremultiply = (a != 0.0) ? 1.0 / a / 255.0 : 0.0;
    for (int component = 0; component < 3; component++) {
        components[component] = resultingPixel[component] * unpremultiply;
    }
    components[3] = a;
}