Best way to represent a color in a SQL Database?

Question

If I am using .Net and SQL Server 2008, what is the best way for me to store a color in the database, should I use ToString or convert it to an integer, or something else?

Answer 1

How are the colors stored natively?

If you're just using 0xRRGGBB format, you may as well store it as an integer in the database, and re-hexify it when you SELECT (for readability).