# Animated text style changes to unexpected color **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, perspective\ **Created:** [October 30, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animated-text-style-changes-to-unexpected-color/97954 "2024-10-30T13:56:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animated-text-style-changes-to-unexpected-color/97954/3 "2024-10-30T15:43:17Z")
> [@Henk](#): > > Is it possible to make a flashing text style without 'smoothing' like a digital animation? > [@Internal flash bit](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/internal-flash-bit/28393/4): > > It’s a tiny bit convoluted, but you can just use a style class for this, too: Set the duration appropriately, then add a stop at 49% with the same color as your 0% state. Then add a stop at 50% (and 100%) with the alternate color. The animation will take 1s to transition through all your steps - so half the time, it will be trying to transition from step 0 to step 49 - but since they’re the same, nothing will happen. Then, after 50% of 1s has elapsed, it switches to the 50% style (a… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/animated-text-style-changes-to-unexpected-color/97954)._