code: def _to_rgb(*args, name="color", alpha=False):
      from matplotlib.colors import colorConverter
  
      func = colorConverter.to_rgba if alpha else colorConverter.to_rgb
      try:
          return func(*args)
      except ValueError:
          args = args[0] if len(args) == 1 else args
          raise ValueError(
              f'Invalid RGB{"A" if alpha else ""} argument(s) for {name}: '
              f"{repr(args)}"
          ) from None
  
imports: import numbers
  import operator
  import os
  import re
  from builtins import input
  from difflib import get_close_matches
  from importlib import import_module
  from pathlib import Path
  import numpy
  from ..defaults import HEAD_SIZE_DEFAULT, _handle_default
  from ..fixes import _compare_version, _median_complex
  from ._logging import _record_warnings, _verbose_safe_false, logger, verbose, warn
label_desc: Use image node_id 51 for calling a global function with example usage: _to_rgb() and returns: func