# Masking tutorial question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-tutorial-question/94141>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 9, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-tutorial-question/94141 "2003-11-09T06:45:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![cardjorg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@cardjorg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cardjorg)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/masking-tutorial-question/94141/1 "2003-11-09T06:45:54Z")

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Hi,  
I’m tring to do a masking effect like the tutorial below but I wanna see the color of the dragable MC like in the tutorial but I only see the text masked with out the MC’s color  
can anyone tell me how to be able to see the MC’s color when masking?:q:

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/dragmask.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/flash5/dragmask.htm)

Thanks:) :rambo: