# Changing background color with actionscript

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-background-color-with-actionscript/73568
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [December 17, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-background-color-with-actionscript/73568 "2004-12-17T19:24:07Z")
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### Author: ![scourtaud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@scourtaud](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scourtaud)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-background-color-with-actionscript/73568/1 "2004-12-17T19:24:07Z")

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Greetings from france…

I’m trying to change the background color of a movie…

I’ve tryied

bgcolor = new Color(\_root);  
bgcolor.setRGB(0xF20000); // (red)

But that just adds a color to every single movieclip on stage… Without changing the background color…

Please help…

Thanks in advance