background Color
Get the background color of the screen.
scene.backgroundColor()
The background color is the color painted behind other images shown on the screen.
Color number
There are 16 colors available to choose from. These colors are set in the current color pallete.
The pallete contains a collection of colors, each of which have an index number from 0 to 15. The index
is also known as the color number. Unless the pallete is changed, the pallete has these colors as the
default:
0: transparent1: white2: red3: pink4: orange5: yellow6: teal7: green8: blue9: light blue10: purple11: light purple12: dark purple13: tan14: brown15: black
Returns
- a number which is the the color set as the screen background color.
Example
Show a purple square on the screen. Every second, switch the background color between light and dark.
let showSquare: Sprite = null
let purpleSquare: Image = null
let toggle = false
toggle = true
purpleSquare = image.create(32, 32)
purpleSquare.fill(11)
showSquare = sprites.create(purpleSquare)
game.onUpdateInterval(1000, function () {
scene.setBackgroundColor((scene.backgroundColor() + 1) % 2) //toggle between 0 and 1
})
See also
set background color
