# Transparent colour

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-colour/15867>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 18, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-colour/15867 "2003-03-18T21:14:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@cookie](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/cookie)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-colour/15867/1 "2003-03-18T21:14:33Z")

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I found this example movie some time ago and some how several objects are transparent! The objects are simple rectangles drawn in flash but you can see what is underneath them! No alpha involved! How do I choose these transparent colours?? 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-colour/15867/2 "2003-03-18T21:15:46Z")

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Post the FLA, let me take a look.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-colour/15867/3 "2003-03-18T21:22:18Z")

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Sure thing electrongeek!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-colour/15867/4 "2003-03-18T21:25:43Z")

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ok something is wrong with that file, I can’t open it. It says “unexpected file format”

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-colour/15867/5 "2003-03-18T21:27:57Z")

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OK download from:

[http://homepage.mac.com/cookieme/colour.fla](http://homepage.mac.com/cookieme/colour.fla)

=)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-colour/15867/6 "2003-03-18T21:30:56Z")

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It’s transparent because the fill for the green is transparent, double click on it and select the the green object and you’ll see that there’s an alpha applied to the green fill.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/transparent-colour/15867/7 "2003-03-18T21:34:30Z")

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COOL! Thanks electrongeek I didn’t know that!! I thought that it had to be a symbol to use alpha! Learnt something new! =)