# Background colour change problem

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-colour-change-problem/222431>\
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**Created:** [April 13, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-colour-change-problem/222431 "2007-04-13T12:03:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![chrisisjargon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@chrisisjargon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chrisisjargon)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/background-colour-change-problem/222431/1 "2007-04-13T12:03:25Z")

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hi all

i have some code that once i hit a button it will change my background mc colour to the chosen colour, now the problem i have is that my backround mc that i apply the different colours to starts with a gradient fill, now when i apply the new colour to it the grident is lost and i just got a solid colour, how can i get it to keep the gradients when changing to different colours.

hope i make sense thanks in advance