public void ApplyColorOperation(ColorOperation colorOperation, float red, float green, float blue, float alpha)
        {
            Color appliedColor;
#if FRB_MDX
            // passed values from MDX will be 0-255 instead of 0-1 so we simply cast into a byte (Justin 5/15/2012)
            appliedColor = Color.FromArgb(
                (byte)alpha,
                (byte)red,
                (byte)green,
                (byte)blue
            );
#else
            // passed values from XNA will be 0-1, use the float constructor to create a color object (Justin 5/15/2012)
            appliedColor = new Color(red, green, blue, alpha);
#endif
            ApplyColorOperation(colorOperation, appliedColor);
        }