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Color (object)

The Color object lets you set the RGB color value and color transform of movie clips and retrieve those values once they have been set.

You must use the constructor new Color() to create an instance of the Color object before calling its methods.

The Color object is supported by Flash 5 and later versions of the Flash Player.

 
Method summary for the Color object

Method

Description

Color.getRGB

Returns the numeric RGB value set by the last setRGB call.

Color.getTransform

Returns the transform information set by the last setTransform call.

Color.setRGB

Sets the hexadecimal representation of the RGB value for a Color object.

Color.setTransform

Sets the color transform for a Color object.


 
Constructor for the Color object

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

new Color(target)

Parameters

target The instance name of a movie clip.

Returns

Nothing.

Description

Constructor; creates an instance of the Color object for the movie clip specified by the target parameter. You can then use the methods of that Color object to change the color of the entire target movie clip.

Example

The following example creates an instance of the Color object called myColor for the movie clip myMovieClip and sets its RGB value:

myColor = new Color(myMovieClip);
myColor.setRGB(0xff9933);