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m4qski
Random colour each time a new ellipse loads
Oct 23rd, 2007, 8:25pm  
Hi there,

I have images being loaded in realtime, i.e. a simple ellipse. However each time an ellipse loads, I wanted it to have a random colour...I know how to generate a random colour each time the program loads, but not each time the ellipse loads. Any ideas how I can do this?

To make it clearer I want to change this code...
fill(color(100, 100, 100, 50));
...to such that it each time the ellipse loads, I want a random colour to load on each ellipse.

Thanks
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fjen
Re: Random colour each time a new ellipse loads
Reply #1 - Oct 23rd, 2007, 8:49pm  
no need to call color inside fill:

fill(color(100, 100, 100, 50));

should / could be:

fill(100, 100, 100, 50);

and to randomize it:

fill( random(255), random(255), random(255), random(255));

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m4qski
Re: Random colour each time a new ellipse loads
Reply #2 - Oct 23rd, 2007, 8:58pm  
many thanks for the tip,

however, the random bit changes constant through out the duration of the program. I mean it looks cool, but a little too pyschdelic for my liking. I want one color for each ellipse.
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extrapixel
Re: Random colour each time a new ellipse loads
Reply #3 - Oct 24th, 2007, 3:48pm  
hi,

can you post some simple code demonstrating your problem?
Basically you need to set the color once when your ellipse is loaded, and not every frame. Maybe put all the colors into a list and loop through the list every frame.
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