set Background Color

Set the background color of the screen.

scene.setBackgroundColor(0)

You can set the background color of the screen at anytime. The background color is always 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: transparent
1: white
2: red
3: pink
4: orange
5: yellow
6: teal
7: green
8: blue
9: light blue
10: purple
11: light purple
12: dark purple
13: tan
14: brown
15: black

Parameters

color: the number for the color to set as the background color of the screen.

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 () {
    if (toggle) {
        scene.setBackgroundColor(1)
    } else {
        scene.setBackgroundColor(0)
    }
    toggle = !(toggle)
})

set Background Color

Color number

Parameters

Example

See also