love.graphics.setBackgroundColor

Sets the background color.

In versions prior to 11.0, color component values were within the range of 0 to 255 instead of 0 to 1.

Function

Synopsis

love.graphics.setBackgroundColor( red, green, blue, alpha )

Arguments

number red

The red component (0-1).

number green

The green component (0-1).

number blue

The blue component (0-1).

number alpha (1) Available since 0.8.0

The alpha component (0-1).

Returns

Nothing.

Example

function love.draw()
    -- Set Background Color to #731b87 (115, 27, 135) with an alpha of 50%
    -- Note: Remember that Love uses 0-1 and not 0-255
    red = 115/255
    green = 27/255
    blue = 135/255
    alpha = 50/100
    love.graphics.setBackgroundColor( red, green, blue, alpha)
end

Function

Available since LÖVE 0.7.0
This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

Synopsis

love.graphics.setBackgroundColor( rgb )

Arguments

table rgb

A numerical indexed table with the red, green and blue values as numbers.

Returns

Nothing.

Example

function love.draw()
    -- Set Background Color to #1b8724 (27, 135, 36)
    -- Note: Remember that Love uses 0-1 and not 0-255
    red = 27/255
    green = 135/255
    blue = 36/255
    color = { red, green, blue}
    love.graphics.setBackgroundColor( color)
end

Function

Available since LÖVE 0.8.0
This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

Synopsis

love.graphics.setBackgroundColor( rgba )

Arguments

table rgba

A numerical indexed table with the red, green, blue and alpha values as numbers.

Returns

Nothing.

Example

function love.draw()
    -- Set Background Color to #731b87 (115, 27, 135) with an alpha of 50%
    -- Note: Remember that Love uses 0-1 and not 0-255
    red = 115/255
    green = 27/255
    blue = 135/255
    alpha = 50/100
    color = { red, green, blue, alpha}
    love.graphics.setBackgroundColor( color)
end

See Also

• love.graphics
• love.graphics.clear
• love.graphics.getBackgroundColor