So, I had an idea (that I'm too lazy to make a mockup for) where there could be new colour values for pen and the colour block. RGB (stands for Red Green Blue). So basically, increasing and decreasing these values changes how much Red Green and Blue are in a sprite/pen. This could allow for more customization in colours. (also don't say use the colour block it isn't the same).

Mockup by the legendary forum goblin Medians.

Medians wrote:

set pen [red v] to () ::pen

set pen [green v] to () ::pen

set pen [blue v] to () ::pen

change pen [red v] by () ::pen

(pen [green v] ::pen)

Oh, I should probably explain what RGB is a bit more.
So as I said before, RGB means Red Green Blue. This is how computers calculate what colour is on screen. Each value can go from 0 to 255 on most devices adding more of its respective colour in the process. If Red was 255 and Green and Blue were 0 then it would be pure red since that is the only colour there. Same with Green and Blue.

This?

set pen [red v] to () ::pen

set pen [green v] to () ::pen

set pen [blue v] to () ::pen

change pen [red v] by () ::pen

(pen [green v] ::pen)

Edit: 2.0fied

medians wrote:

This?

set pen [red v] to () ::pen

set pen [green v] to () ::pen

set pen [blue v] to () ::pen

change pen [red v] by () ::pen

(pen [green v] ::pen)

Yup! Is it okay if I add that to the OP?

The_Game_ wrote:

medians wrote:

This?

Yup! Is it okay if I add that to the OP?

yea

medians wrote:

The_Game_ wrote:

medians wrote:

This?

Yup! Is it okay if I add that to the OP?

yea

Thank

You can use hexcode with pen blocks via adding the letters “0x” to the front of it, I guess.

set pen color to (join [0x] [ff2288])

Personally, I feel like RGB is excruciatingly similar to hexcode, given that they both rely on the basic red, green, and blue formula. I think the only concept that deters people from trying to comprehend this are the disconcerting hexadecimals.

If you can fathom RGB, I think you have the capacity to use hexcode in a thorough manner.

There's a somewhat-simple workaround to this which converts RGB to something that the pen block can use:

set pen color to ((((r) * (65536)) + ((g) * (256)))  + (b))

(got it from here) Although, this makes RGB colors easier to manage, so semi-support. I would prefer the block to look something like this though:

set pen color to r: () g: () b: () ::pen

waitwhat2288 wrote:

You can use hexcode with pen blocks via adding the letters “0x” to the front of it, I guess.

set pen color to (join [0x] [ff2288])

Personally, I feel like RGB is excruciatingly similar to hexcode, given that they both rely on the basic red, green, and blue formula. I think the only concept that deters people from trying to comprehend this are the disconcerting hexadecimals.

If you can fathom RGB, I think you have the capacity to use hexcode in a thorough manner.

Personally, I believe that RGB is easier to understand that hex. RGB is just adding more of this colour instead of… whatever hex is I barely understand it.

waitwhat2288 wrote:

If you can fathom RGB, I think you have the capacity to use hexcode in a thorough manner.

Even if you understood hexadecimal, RGB would still be easier to read since it requires no conversion

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The_Game_ wrote:

So, I had an idea (that I'm too lazy to make a mockup for) where there could be new colour values for pen and the colour block. RGB (stands for Red Green Blue). So basically, increasing and decreasing these values changes how much Red Green and Blue are in a sprite/pen. This could allow for more customization in colours. (also don't say use the colour block it isn't the same).

Mockup by the legendary forum goblin Medians.

Medians wrote:

set pen [red v] to () ::pen

set pen [green v] to () ::pen

set pen [blue v] to () ::pen

change pen [red v] by () ::pen

(pen [green v] ::pen)

Oh, I should probably explain what RGB is a bit more.
So as I said before, RGB means Red Green Blue. This is how computers calculate what colour is on screen. Each value can go from 0 to 255 on most devices adding more of its respective colour in the process. If Red was 255 and Green and Blue were 0 then it would be pure red since that is the only colour there. Same with Green and Blue.

Yeah I think that it could mildly help kids get into more advanced programming, but we could still have the color block. That is a good idea there!

PiplupRocks wrote:

The_Game_ wrote:

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Yeah I think that it could mildly help kids get into more advanced programming, but we could still have the color block. That is a good idea there!

I said in the OP the colour block is not the same.

Central quote wrote:

waitwhat2288 wrote:

You can use hexcode with pen blocks via adding the letters “0x” to the front of it, I guess.

set pen color to (join [0x] [ff2288])

Personally, I feel like RGB is excruciatingly similar to hexcode, given that they both rely on the basic red, green, and blue formula. I think the only concept that deters people from trying to comprehend this are the disconcerting hexadecimals.

If you can fathom RGB, I think you have the capacity to use hexcode in a thorough manner.

The_Game_ wrote:

Personally, I believe that RGB is easier to understand that hex. RGB is just adding more of this colour instead of… whatever hex is I barely understand it.

ajskateboarder wrote:

Even if you understood hexadecimal, RGB would still be easier to read since it requires no conversion

I know some people pinpoint exactly what such color value would result in, but I just found it easier to estimate with both color values, so I don't have any severe difficulty with “precision” and “evaluation” and what-not with both of them, and hence they are equally as onerous to me.

Blerp, I guess I’m dumb, cause I don’t really see the point of this? I mean, the color block has a pretty good color picker…

ShockWave-Studios wrote:

Blerp, I guess I’m dumb, cause I don’t really see the point of this? I mean, the color block has a pretty good color picker…

The colour block is different as stated in the OP.

Duplicate. (That one's a bit unclear, if it isn't what they're suggesting, then there's also this one)

k7e wrote:

Duplicate. (That one's a bit unclear, if it isn't what they're suggesting, then there's also this one)

Sorry if I didn't find the oldest, I looked up “pen rgb” on Ocular, and all that came up was blockspam, so I had to look up “pen red green blue” instead.

k7e wrote:

k7e wrote:

Duplicate. (That one's a bit unclear, if it isn't what they're suggesting, then there's also this one)

Sorry if I didn't find the oldest, I looked up “pen rgb” on Ocular, and all that came up was blockspam, so I had to look up “pen red green blue” instead.

Thanks for the link! It does look like this is a duplicate topic so I'll close it to keep the conversation all in one place.

Please use the clearer topic in the link above.