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Color (object)

The Color object allows you to set and retrieve the RGB color value and color transform of movie clips. The Color object is supported by Flash 5 and later versions of the Flash Player.

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


 
Method summary for the Color object
Method Description

getRGB

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

getTransform

Returns the transform information set by the last setTransform call.

setRGB

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

setTransform

Sets the color transform for a Color object.



 
Constructor for the Color object

Syntax

new Color(target);

Arguments

target The name of the movie clip the new color is applied to.

Description

Constructor; creates a Color object for the movie clip specified by the target argument.

Player

Flash 5 or later.

Example

The following example creates a new Color object called myColor for the movie myMovie:

myColor = new Color(myMovie);