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surface.SetTextColor

  surface.SetTextColor( number r, number g, number b, number a = 255 )

Description

Set the color of any future text to be drawn, can be set by either using R, G, B, A as separate numbers.

Arguments

1 number r
The red value of color.
2 number g
The green value of color
3 number b
The blue value of color
4 number a = 255
The alpha value of color

Example

Draws 'Hello World', in white, near the top left of the screen.

hook.Add( "HUDPaint", "HUDPaint_DrawABox", function() surface.SetDrawColor( 0, 0, 0, 128 ) -- Set color for background surface.DrawRect( 100, 100, 128, 20 ) -- Draw background surface.SetTextColor( 255, 255, 255 ) -- Set text color surface.SetTextPos( 136, 104 ) -- Set text position, top left corner surface.SetFont( "Default" ) -- Set the font surface.DrawText( "Hello World" ) -- Draw the text end )