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Psychrome
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April 11, 2023
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Change colours using code

  • April 11, 2023
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Hello, I am trying to figure out how to change a fill colour with code. For example, if I have a solid with a colour overlay of red how can I change this to another hex value? Many thanks.

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Correct answer Dan Ebberts

You just need to make sure you get the value of the sourceText:

var hexColor = thisComp.layer("TextLayer").text.sourceText.value;
hexToRgb(hexColor)

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Mylenium
Mylenium
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April 11, 2023

hexToRgb(your color code here) into whatever property or effects control you want. 

 

Mylenium

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PsychromeAuthor
Inspiring
April 11, 2023

Great, thanks. I was also trying to read the value from a text layer so I needed to convert it to a string otherwise it gave me an error...

var hexColorSource = thisComp.layer("TextLayer").text.sourceText;
var hexColor = hexColorSource.value.toString();
hexToRgb(hexColor)
Dan Ebberts
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Dan EbbertsCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
April 11, 2023

You just need to make sure you get the value of the sourceText:

var hexColor = thisComp.layer("TextLayer").text.sourceText.value;
hexToRgb(hexColor)
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