Avoid unnecessary QColor -> QString conversions

3 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/Utils.cpp b/src/Utils.cpp

index c110aa18..562b94fd 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -679,11 +679,10 @@ utils::hashQString(const QString &input)
         return hash;
 }
 
-QString
-utils::generateContrastingHexColor(const QString &input, const QString &background)
+QColor
+utils::generateContrastingHexColor(const QString &input, const QColor &backgroundCol)
 {
-        const QColor backgroundCol(background);
-        const qreal backgroundLum = luminance(background);
+        const qreal backgroundLum = luminance(backgroundCol);
 
         // Create a color for the input
         auto hash = hashQString(input);
diff --git a/src/Utils.h b/src/Utils.h

index e976cf81..1d48e2c7 100644
--- a/src/Utils.h
+++ b/src/Utils.h
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ hashQString(const QString &input);
 
 //! Generate a color (matching #RRGGBB) that has an acceptable contrast to background that is based
 //! on the input string.
-QString
-generateContrastingHexColor(const QString &input, const QString &background);
+QColor
+generateContrastingHexColor(const QString &input, const QColor &background);
 
 //! Given two luminance values, compute the contrast ratio between them.
 qreal
diff --git a/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp b/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp

index 628f3c31..0785e3e1 100644
--- a/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/timeline/TimelineViewManager.cpp
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ QColor
 TimelineViewManager::userColor(QString id, QColor background)
 {
         if (!userColors.contains(id))
-                userColors.insert(
-                  id, QColor(utils::generateContrastingHexColor(id, background.name())));
+                userColors.insert(id, QColor(utils::generateContrastingHexColor(id, background)));
         return userColors.value(id);
 }