How to use hex colors on brain, if possible. I know how to find a color, but I do not know how to use a special one

[soritarian1]

I use V5 C++. Please help. I know how to find colors (for example #FF0000 for pure red) but not how to draw on brain with them.

[soritarian1]

This, and trying with a couple other hexcodes, produced the stock purple color (ffffff is pure white), what did I do wrong?

[soritarian1]

Also tried with capitalized letters.

[xTigr]

Sorry, it seems that doesn’t work. I found this post from a few years ago that shows how you can use hex codes:

Colors on V5 Brain

Lots of ways to create colors. int main() { // using one of the named colors Brain.Screen.setFillColor( red ); Brain.Screen.drawRectangle( 10, 10, 30, 40 ); // using web color Brain.Screen.setFillColor( "#008000" ); Brain.Screen.drawRectangle( 50, 10, 30, 40 ); // using hue Brain.Screen.setFillColor( 120.0 ); Brain.Screen.drawRectangle( 90, 10, 30, 40 ); // as color instance vex::color c = vex::color( 0, 30, 200 ); Brain.Screen.setF…

[soritarian1]

I made it into a function and it worked. While it is inconvenient, it works. Thank you!