Comments on: Example 1-3: RGB Color

By: Daniel Shiffman

Daniel Shiffman — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:16:39 +0000

static is without setup() and draw(). active is with setup() and draw(). static can only produce a static image since there’s no flow over time (setup() just once, draw() looping over and over)

By: Terry Rawkins

Terry Rawkins — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:37:32 +0000

Thanks for that, I can’t reproduce my error but the message was :-

It looks like you’re mixing “active” and “static” modes.

I wanted to get more than one colour of text in the draw command and only one colour would show.

If possible could you explain “active” and “static” modes. I ended up writing a simple sketch without the setup & draw functions saving the output as a jpg file and loading that in to the game.

By: Daniel Shiffman

Daniel Shiffman — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:53:47 +0000

your code would look like:

void setup() {
  size(200,200);
  smooth();
}

void draw() {
  background(255);
  noStroke();

  // Bright red
  fill(255,0,0);
  ellipse(20,20,16,16);

  // Dark red
  fill(127,0,0);
  ellipse(40,20,16,16);

  // Pink (pale red)
  fill(255,200,200);
  ellipse(60,20,16,16);
}

By: Terry Rawkins

Terry Rawkins — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:28:56 +0000

But how do I do this within draw()