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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Standard Colormaps
Message-ID: <8909181205.AA15607@expire.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 18 Sep 89 12:05:39 GMT
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    Is there an Xlib interface for finding a named color 
    on a standard colormap?

No.  You'll have to use XLookupColor or XParseColor and then do the mapping.