Colors

The color module provides a set of color methods and properties for use in your games when drawing to the screen. Lumen comes with a pre-defined color palette for your convenience, but you can also define your own colors.

Creating Colors

You can create a new color by using either the rgb or hex methods.

RGB

The rgb method accepts three parameters: red, green, and blue. Each parameter should be a number between 0 and 255.

color.rgb(255, 0, 0) // Red

You can also pass in a fourth parameter, alpha, to set the transparency of the color. This should also be a value between 0 and 255.

color.rgb(255, 0, 0, 128) // Red with 50% transparency

Hex

The hex method accepts a single parameter: hex. This should be a string containing a hexadecimal color value. It accepts both 3 and 6 character hex values.

color.hex('#FFF') // White
color.hex('#FF0000') // Red

You can also pass in a hex value that contains an alpha channel.

color.hex('#FF000080') // Red with 50% transparency

Built-in Palette