# So easy, i can't do it - Changing object color
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-easy-i-cant-do-it-changing-object-color/204855
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 24, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-easy-i-cant-do-it-changing-object-color/204855 "2006-10-24T03:05:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@stahler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stahler)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-easy-i-cant-do-it-changing-object-color/204855/1 "2006-10-24T03:05:59Z")
I draw a circle on the stage.
I select it and save as symbol, i call it mc\_circle and “export to action script” as my\_mc\_cirle
I cannot get the circle to change color using what I imagine should be a 1 liner. Very frustrated
my\_mc\_circle.setRGB(0x0000CC);
and
mc\_circle.setRGP(0x0000CC);
are doing nothing??
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### Author:  [@stahler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stahler)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-easy-i-cant-do-it-changing-object-color/204855/2 "2006-10-24T03:12:21Z")
i fingured out a “way” to do it. but is this the only way to do it?
```auto
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
import flash.geom.Transform;
var colorTrans:ColorTransform = new ColorTransform();
var trans:Transform = new Transform(my_mc_circle);
trans.colorTransform = colorTrans;
colorTrans.rgb = 0x333311; // blue
trans.colorTransform = colorTrans;
```
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### Author:  [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-easy-i-cant-do-it-changing-object-color/204855/3 "2006-10-24T03:13:34Z")
Where myCircle is the instance name of your movie clip:
```auto
import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
this.tempColourTrans = new ColorTransform();
this.tempColourTrans.rgb = 0xCC;
this.myCircle.transform.colorTransform = this.tempColourTrans;
delete this.tempColourTrans;
```
or:
```auto
this.myCircle.colour = new Color(this.myCircle);
this.myCircle.colour.setRGB(0xCC);
```
The first method is reccomended.
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### Author:  [@stahler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stahler)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-easy-i-cant-do-it-changing-object-color/204855/4 "2006-10-24T12:48:35Z")
cool, I was looking at a tutorial here:
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/color.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/color.htm)
I thought that it was depriciated; then I realised it still is a kind of transform you put on a symbol instance. Not a physical property of the instance.
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### Author:  [@stahler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stahler)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-easy-i-cant-do-it-changing-object-color/204855/5 "2006-10-24T12:58:59Z")
cool, I was looking at a tutorial here:
[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/color.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/color.htm)
I thought that it was depriciated; then I realised it still is a kind of transform you put on a symbol instance. Not a physical property of the instance.
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### Author:  [@hetlicht](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hetlicht)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/so-easy-i-cant-do-it-changing-object-color/204855/6 "2006-10-24T19:58:11Z")
here’s the 1 liner:
my\_mycircle.colorTo(0x993333,1);
you’ll need the lacos tween class for this to work.
Cheers,
Hetlicht