love.graphics.setColor
Sets the color used for drawing.
Function
Synopsis
love.graphics.setColor( red, green, blue, alpha )
Arguments
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number red
- The amount of red.
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number green
- The amount of green.
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number blue
- The amount of blue.
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number alpha (255)
- The amount of alpha. The alpha value will be applied to all subsequent draw operations, even the drawing of an image.
Returns
Nothing.
Function
Available since LÖVE 0.7.0 |
This variant is not supported in earlier versions. |
Synopsis
love.graphics.setColor( rgba )
Arguments
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table rgba
- A numerical indexed table with the red, green, blue and alpha values as numbers. The alpha is optional and defaults to 255 if it is left out.
Returns
Nothing.
Examples
Draw a red, blue and green circle
love.graphics.setColor(255, 0, 0) love.graphics.circle(50, 50, 20, 20) love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 255) love.graphics.circle(50, 100, 20, 20) myColor = {0, 255, 0, 255} love.graphics.setColor(myColor) love.graphics.circle(50, 150, 20, 20)
Display a Venn diagram
function love.load() baseX = 300 baseY = 400 radius = 100 offsetY = radius*.5*math.sqrt(3) love.graphics.setBackgroundColor(255,255,255) end function love.draw() love.graphics.setColor(255, 0, 0, 100) love.graphics.circle('fill', baseX, baseY, radius, 50) love.graphics.setColor(0, 255, 0, 100) love.graphics.circle('fill', baseX + radius / 2, baseY - offsetY, radius, 50) love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 255, 100) love.graphics.circle('fill', baseX + radius, baseY, radius, 50) end
See Also
- love.graphics
- HSL color (an alternate color space, based on human perception)
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