set the RGB16bit_list to (choose color default color {65535, 50584, 0})
display dialog "Which notation should be copied to the clipboard?" buttons {"8-bit RGB", "16-bit RGB", "HEX"} default button 3
if the button returned of the result is "HEX" then
	-- convert choosen color to HEX with leading #
	set the formatedColor to my RBG_to_HEX(RGB16bit_list)
else if the button returned of the result is "8-bit RGB" then
	-- convert choosen color to (class:RGB color, red:8bitvalue, green:8bitvalue, blue:8bitvalue)
	set the formatedColor to my RBG_to_RGB8bit(RGB16bit_list)
else
	-- convert choosen color to (class:RGB color, red:16bitvalue, green:16bitvalue, blue:16bitvalue)
	set the formatedColor to my RBG_to_RGB16bit(RGB16bit_list)
end if
set the clipboard to formatedColor

on RBG_to_HEX(RGB_values)
	-- this subroutine was taken from "http://www.apple.com/applescript/sbrt/sbrt-04.html"
	set the hex_list to {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"}
	set the the hex_value to ""
	repeat with i from 1 to the count of the RGB_values
		set this_value to (item i of the RGB_values) div 256
		if this_value is 256 then set this_value to 255
		set x to item ((this_value div 16) + 1) of the hex_list
		set y to item (((this_value / 16 mod 1) * 16) + 1) of the hex_list
		set the hex_value to (the hex_value & x & y) as string
	end repeat
	return ("#" & the hex_value)
end RBG_to_HEX

on RBG_to_RGB8bit({r, g, b})
	set r to (r ^ 0.5) div 1
	set g to (g ^ 0.5) div 1
	set b to (b ^ 0.5) div 1
	return "{class:8-bit RGB color, red:" & r & ", green:" & g & ", blue:" & b & "}" as string
end RBG_to_RGB8bit

on RBG_to_RGB16bit({r, g, b})
	return "{class:16-bit RGB color, red:" & r & ", green:" & g & ", blue:" & b & "}" as string
end RBG_to_RGB16bit