# Nested gradient blocking fill color

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nested-gradient-blocking-fill-color/325590>\
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**Created:** [October 25, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nested-gradient-blocking-fill-color/325590 "2011-10-25T03:43:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![gearkyle11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@gearkyle11](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gearkyle11)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/nested-gradient-blocking-fill-color/325590/1 "2011-10-25T03:43:04Z")

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so i have created a movieclip, inside it is a fill color shaped like a picket and on the layer above that is a gradient with alpha adjusted to give a highlight effect. when the movieclip is scaled, in the flash ide, the fill color dissapears. i can see it is being blocked due to the gradient. why is this happening