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Quick-tip 67 | How to change the alpha value of a color

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QuickTip67 is a TradeStation EasyLanguage indicator that demonstrates how to change the alpha value of a color input as a string. The EasyLanguage indicator draws a rectangle when it is first applied to the chart. It colors the fill (using the string input: Col). The alpha value is changed based on the integer input: Alpha. The color of the rectangle itself (the outline) is colored based on the same color input (using the string input: Col) except it is fully opaque.

This technique was used in Tutorial 176 and in Tutorial 156.

The _Quicktip67 indicator applied to a chart
The _Quicktip67 indicator applied to a chart

Video explanation of quick-tip 67

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Available Colors

AliceBlueDarkSlateGrayLightSalmonPaleVioletRed
AntiqueWhiteDarkTurquoiseLightSeaGreenPapayaWhip
AquaDarkVioletLightSkyBluePeachPuff
AquamarineDeepPinkLightSlateGrayPeru
AzureDeepSkyBlueLightSteelBluePink
BeigeDimGrayLightYellowPlum
BisqueDodgerBlueLimePowderBlue
BlackFirebrickLimeGreenPurple
BlanchedAlmondFloralWhiteLinenRed
BlueForestGreenMagentaRosyBrown
BlueVioletFuschiaMaroonRoyalBlue
BrownGainsboroMediumAquamarineSaddleBrown
BurlywoodGhostWhiteMediumBlueSalmon
CadetBlueGoldMediumOrchidSandyBrown
ChartreuseGoldenrodMediumPurpleSeaGreen
ChocolateGrayMediumSeaGreenSeashell
CoralGreenMediumSlateBlueSienna
CornflowerBlueGreenYellowMediumSpringGreenSilver
CornsilkHoneydewMediumTurquoiseSkyBlue
CyanHotPinkMediumVioletRedSlateBlue
DarkBlueIndianRedMidnightBlueSlateGray
DarkBrownIndigoMintCreamSnow
DarkCyanIvoryMistyRoseSpringGreen
DarkGoldenrodKhakiMoccasinSteelBlue
DarkGrayLavenderNavajoWhiteTan
DarkGreenLavenderBlushNavyTeal
DarkKhakiLawnGreenOldLaceThistle
Dark MagentaLemonChiffonOliveTomato
DarkOliveGreenLightBlueOliveDrabTurquoise
DarkOrangeLightCoralOrangeViolet
DarkOrchidLightCyanOrangeRedWheat
DarkRedLightGoldenrodYellowOrchidWhite
DarkSalmonLightGrayPaleGoldenrodWhiteSmoke
DarkSeaGreenLightGreenPaleGreenYellow
DarkSlateBlueLightPinkPaleTurquoiseYellowGreen

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