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Overview

You can access the color properties of an object or variable through the Expression Editor. You can use these properties in equations, conditional statements, and functions.

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Accessing Color Properties

To use the current value of a color’s property, use this structure: 
color.property

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Color Properties

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Get Alpha

color.getAlpha()
Returns the alpha value of the color.

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Get Blue

color.getBlue()
Returns the blue value of the color.

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Get Brightness

color.getBrightness()
Returns the brightness value of the color.

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Get Green

color.getGreen()
Returns the green value of the color.

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Get HEX

color.getHex()
Returns the HEX value of the color.

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Get Hue

color.getHue()
Returns the hue value of the color.

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Get Lightness

color.getLightness()
Returns the lightness value of the color.

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Get Red

color.getRed()
Returns the red value of the color.

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Get Saturation

color.getSaturation()
Returns the saturation value of the color.

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Set Alpha

color.setAlpha(number)
Returns a color with the alpha channel set to the given value (0-1).

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Set Blue

color.setBlue(number)
Returns a color with the blue channel set to the given value (0-255).

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Set Brightness

color.setBrightness(number)
Returns a color with the brightness set to the given value (0-1).

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Set Green

color.setGreen(number)
Returns a color with the green channel set to the given value (0-255).

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Set HSB

color.setHSB(hue, saturation, brightness)
Creates a new color with the HSB values (H: 0-360; S: 0-1; B: 0-1).

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Set HSL

color.setHSL(hue, saturation, lightness)
Creates a new color with the HSL values (H: 0-360; S: 0-1; L: 0-1).

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Set HEX

color.setHex("string")
Returns a color with the HEX set to the given string (ex. “FF0000”).

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Set Hue

color.setHue(number)
Returns a color with the hue set to the given value (0-360).

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Set Lightness

color.setLightness(number)
Returns a color with the lightness set to the given value (0-1).

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Set RGBA

color.setRGBA(red, green, blue, alpha)
Creates a new color with the RGBA values (R, G, B: 0-255; A: 0-1).

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Set Red

color.setRed(number)
Returns a color with the red channel set to the given value (0-255).

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Set Saturation

color.setSaturation(number)
Returns a color with the saturation set to the given value (0-1).

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To HSB

color.toHSB()
Returns the HSB values of the color.

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To HSL

color.toHSL()
Returns the HSL values of the color.

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To RGB

color.toRGB()
Returns the RGB values of the color.
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