# Kirupa.com - Changing Colors Using ActionScript

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-changing-colors-using-actionscript/352202
**Category:** programming
**Created:** [November 23, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-changing-colors-using-actionscript/352202 "2014-11-23T01:51:05Z")
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### Author: ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/kirupa-com-changing-colors-using-actionscript/352202/1 "2014-11-23T01:51:06Z")

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An interesting concept I learned a few weeks ago involves Flash's use of color. While browsing through the ActionScript reference from Colin Moock's excellent book, I found Flash's ability to apply colors to movie clips by using only programming. I had, for so long, modified the colors of movie clips by using either the timeline or the set property command.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/color.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/color.htm)