able to accept number & export number

jquery.color.js

@@ -245,6 +245,15 @@ color.fn = jQuery.extend( color.prototype, {
 			return this;
 		}
 
+		//binary color without alpha
+		if ( type === "number" ) {
+			source = red;
+			red = Math.floor( source / 0x10000 );
+			green = Math.floor( ( source - ( red * 0x10000 ) ) / 0x100 );
+			blue = source - ( red * 0x10000 ) - ( green * 0x100 );
+			return this.parse( [ red , green , blue ] );
+		}
+
 		if ( type === "object" ) {
 			if ( red instanceof color ) {
 				each( spaces, function( spaceName, space ) {
@@ -414,6 +423,10 @@ color.fn = jQuery.extend( color.prototype, {
 			return v.length === 1 ? "0" + v : v;
 		}).join("");
 	},
+	toNumber: function() {
+		var r = this._rgba[0], g = this._rgba[1], b = this._rgba[2];
+		return r * 0x10000 + g * 0x100 + b;
+	},
 	toString: function() {
 		return this._rgba[ 3 ] === 0 ? "transparent" : this.toRgbaString();
 	}

test/unit/color.js

@@ -605,4 +605,22 @@ test( "jQuery.Color.hook() - Create new hooks for color properties", 2, function
 	ok( jQuery.fx.step.testy, "fx.step testy hook created" );
 	delete jQuery.cssHooks.testy;
 	delete jQuery.fx.step.testy;
+});
+
+test( "jQuery.Color( 0xff0102 )", function() {
+	expect( 4 );
+	testParts( jQuery.Color( 0xff0102 ), {
+		expect: 4,
+		red: 255,
+		green: 1,
+		blue: 2,
+		alpha: 1
+	});
+});
+
+test( ".toNumber()", function() {
+	var almostBlack = jQuery.Color( "black" ).red( 2 ).blue( 16 );
+	expect( 1 );
+	equal( almostBlack.toNumber(), 0x020010, "to number");
+
 });