# How do you reference the fill of a clip?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-reference-the-fill-of-a-clip/163547
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**Created:** [September 23, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-reference-the-fill-of-a-clip/163547 "2005-09-23T09:16:46Z")
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### Author: ![kandya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c6cbf5/32.png) [@kandya](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kandya)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2005, 9:16am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-you-reference-the-fill-of-a-clip/163547/1 "2005-09-23T09:16:46Z")

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Hi,

I’ve created an empty movie clip and filled it with beginFill, giving it and rgb and alpha property. How do I reference this fill to change the alpha or color? Referencing the clip by name isn’t working,

cheers

K