# Change color of value in perspective

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [September 30, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/change-color-of-value-in-perspective/51507 "2021-09-30T18:01:36Z")\
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The color expression returns a Java color, not a web-useful color (for now). What we'll probably eventually do is make the function smarter. In the meantime, you can use a transform to manipulate the color into the right format:

> [@\[IGN-1566\] Perspective - Color function not returning a usable value](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-11732-perspective-color-function-not-returning-a-usable-value/21001/4):
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> As a workaround, you can add a transform if you need to use color(): colorIn = value hexVal = '#' + hex(colorIn.getRed()\*65536 + colorIn.getGreen()\*256 + colorIn.getBlue())[2:] return hexVal

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