# Brighten a Color
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/brighten-a-color/184104
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [April 2, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/brighten-a-color/184104 "2006-04-02T01:38:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@bbraga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bbraga)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2006, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/brighten-a-color/184104/1 "2006-04-02T01:38:46Z")
Hello!
Does anyone know how to reduce or brighten a color by for instance 10% in AS?
Example:
i have this color 0x3399FF (some blue)
and i want do do something like this
newColor = BrightenColor(0x3399FF) // call function BrightenColor and it return the new color
and the newcolor well be the same blue but 10 more brighter
Any help!!
Best Regards
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### Author:  [@bbraga](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bbraga)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2006, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/brighten-a-color/184104/2 "2006-04-02T02:11:55Z")
nevermind… i found the solution…
thanks anyway
> [@bbraga](#):
>
> Hello!
>
> Does anyone know how to reduce or brighten a color by for instance 10% in AS?
>
> Example:
> i have this color 0x3399FF (some blue)
> and i want do do something like this
> newColor = BrightenColor(0x3399FF) // call function BrightenColor and it return the new color
>
> and the newcolor well be the same blue but 10 more brighter
>
> Any help!!
> Best Regards
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### Author:  [@rmo518](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rmo518)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2006, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/brighten-a-color/184104/3 "2006-04-02T02:44:12Z")
> [@bbraga](#):
>
> nevermind… i found the solution…
> thanks anyway
Could you share the solution you came up with?
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### Author:  [@Nich](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Nich)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2006, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/brighten-a-color/184104/4 "2006-04-02T03:18:14Z")
Yeah, I’m curious too 🙂