system.gui.color

Description

Creates a new color object, either by parsing a string or by having the RGB[A] channels specified explicitly.

Syntax

system.gui.color(color)

Parameters

String color - A string that will be coerced into a color. Can accept many formats, such as "red" or "#FF0000" or "255,0,0"

Returns

Color - The newly created color.

Scope

Client

system.gui.color(red, green, blue [, alpha])

Parameters

int red - The red component of the color, an integer 0-255.

int green - The green component of the color, an integer 0-255.

int blue - The blue component of the color, an integer 0-255.

int alpha - The alpha component of the color, an integer 0-255. [optional]

Returns

Color - The newly created color.

Scope

Client

Examples

This example changes the background color of a component to red.

myComponent = event.source
myComponent.background = system.gui.color(255,0,0) # turn the component red