Alright, the built-in Flash help tells you to do this. If this fails, you're probably doing something wrong.
1. Select a movie clip on the Stage.
2. In the Property inspector, enter carColor as the instance name.
3. Create a button named color chip, place four instances of the button on the Stage, and name them red, green, blue, and black.
4. Select Frame 1 in the main Timeline, and select Window > Development Panels > Actions.
5. To create a Color object that targets the carColor movie clip, add the following code to the Actions panel:
myColor = new Color(_root.carColor);
6. To make the blue button change the color of the carColor movie clip to blue, add the following code to the Actions panel:
_root.blue.onRelease = function(){
myColor.setRGB(0x0000ff)
}
The hexadecimal value 0x0000ff is blue. The following table displays the other colors you'll use and their hexadecimal values:
7. Repeat step 6 for the other buttons (red, green, and black) to change the color of the movie clip to the corresponding color. Your code should now look like this:
myColor = new Color(_root.carColor)
_root.blue.onRelease = function(){
myColor.setRGB(0x0000ff)
}
_root.red.onRelease = function(){
myColor.setRGB(0xff0000)
}
_root.green.onRelease = function(){
myColor.setRGB(0x00ff00)
}
_root.black.onRelease = function(){
myColor.setRGB(0x000000)
}
8. Select Control > Test Movie to change the color of the movie clip.
