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512 Chapter 7: ActionScript for Flash
Color class
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Description
The Color class 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 a Color object before calling its methods.
Method summary for the Color class
Constructor for the Color class
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
new Color(target_mc:Object) : Color
Parameters
target_mc
The instance name of a movie clip.
Returns
A reference to a Color object.
Description
Constructor; creates a Color object for the movie clip specified by the target_mc 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 a Color object called my_color for the movie clip my_mc and sets
its RGB value to orange:
var my_color:Color = new Color(my_mc);
my_color.setRGB(0xff9933);
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.
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