love.graphics.setColor
Sets the color used for drawing. The color is used for all subsequent draw operations.
In versions prior to 11.0, color component values were within the range of 0 to 255 instead of 0 to 1.
Contents
Function
Synopsis
love.graphics.setColor( red, green, blue, alpha )
Arguments
number red
- The amount of red.
number green
- The amount of green.
number blue
- The amount of blue.
number alpha (1)
- The amount of alpha.
Returns
Nothing.
Function
Available since LÖVE 0.7.0 |
This variant is not supported in earlier versions. |
Synopsis
love.graphics.setColor( rgba )
Arguments
table rgba
- A numerical indexed table with the red, green, blue and alpha values as numbers. The alpha is optional and defaults to 1 if it is left out.
Returns
Nothing.
Examples
Set the color from r, g, b bytes
Using love.math.colorFromBytes we can specify color components in the range 0..255.
love.graphics.setColor(love.math.colorFromBytes(128, 234, 255))
Draw a red, blue and green circle
function love.draw()
love.graphics.setColor(1, 0, 0)
love.graphics.circle("fill", 50,50, 20)
love.graphics.setColor(0, 0, 1)
love.graphics.circle("fill", 50,100, 20)
local myColor = {0, 1, 0, 1}
love.graphics.setColor(myColor)
love.graphics.circle("fill", 50,150, 20)
end
Display a Venn diagram
function love.load()
love.graphics.setBackgroundColor(1, 1, 1)
end
function love.draw()
local baseX = love.graphics.getWidth()/2
local baseY = 400
local radius = 100
local offsetY = radius/2 * math.sqrt(3)
love.graphics.setBlendMode("multiply", "premultiplied")
love.graphics.setColor(1, .6, .6)
love.graphics.circle("fill", baseX-radius/2, baseY, radius)
love.graphics.setColor(.6, 1, .6)
love.graphics.circle("fill", baseX, baseY-offsetY, radius)
love.graphics.setColor(.6, .6, 1)
love.graphics.circle("fill", baseX+radius/2, baseY, radius)
end
See Also
- love.graphics
- love.math.colorFromBytes
- HSL color (an alternate color space, based on human perception)
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