Name: penColor

Type: property

Syntax: set the penColor to {<colorName> | <RGBColor>}

Summary: Specifies the color used for drawing with the <paint tool|paint tools>.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows,linux,ios,android

Platforms: desktop,server,web,mobile

Example:
set the penColor to "blue"

Example:
set the penColor to 255,255,255 -- white

Value:
The <penColor> is a <color reference>.
The <colorName> is any standard color name.

The <RGBColor> consists of three comma-separated <integer|integers> between zero and 255, specifying the level of each of red, green, and blue; or an HTML-style color consisting of a hash mark (#) followed by three <hexadecimal> numbers, one for each of red, green, and blue.

By default, the <penColor> is "0,0,0" (black).

Description:
Use the <penColor> <property> to change the color used with the <pencil>, <line>, and <curve> <paint tool|paint tools>, and for the borders of shapes.

If the <penPattern> has been set since the last time the <penColor> was set, the pattern is used instead of the color specified by <penColor>. In other words, the last-set <property> takes priority.

References: penPattern (property), brushColor (property), pencil (keyword), curve (keyword), line (keyword), choose (command), property (glossary), hexadecimal (glossary), paint tool (glossary), integer (glossary), color reference (glossary)

Tags: ui
