How do you set text color by name?

[boofuss60]

How to set the color of a label's text or background by name (e.g. "PURPLE" or "SLATEBLUE"). Can it be done?

[Oye_Lucky]

Type the hex code of color in labels color properties

[boofuss60]

No way to use a color name in the blocks? I think I just found that color names can only be used in HTML.

[ABG]

This sample project includes a file of color names and codes:

Move a scroll bar

Here’s an example using your own Canvas as scroll bar. I used a Ball as a cursor, but you could as well have drawn a bar as a thumb instead. Gallery entry: ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/?galleryId=4965345777025024 [blocks] [buttons] [Capture] Color_code_scroller.aia (11.2 KB) [COLUMN] [Designer] [global color_table] [global colorlist] [global listOffset] [global table_text] [global textList] [loadButtonColors] [nudgeBall1] Uploading: when any Button Click.png… Uploading: when btnEnd Click.png… [wh…

[boofuss60]

OK. I was hoping for something like:

Looks like there is nothing like that. I can use the codes. Thanks.

[TekWizer]

You could make a procedure using if then else

[Aquib_Khan]

@boofuss60 You cannot use color names to set any color.
Why are you not using the in-built color blocks ?

Also you can use the hex color codes.

[dora_paz]

You could do it using dictionary blocks

[boofuss60]

These are all good ideas. And I can do them.

I'm doing something where I'm working a lot with colors, and it's just faster for me to deal with common names then looking up codes. And the color blocks are great (there's even a built-in color picker!)...I just need are larger set of options. I thought I might be missing a way to use the names.

App Inventor is so friendly sometimes I am surprised that we can't do this. Thanks everyone.