Gui Colors not constantly changing

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#1

I am trying to change the GUI’s background color every 2.5 seconds here is my script

local colors = {
	red = Color3.fromRGB(255,0,4),
	blue = Color3.fromRGB(29,138,255),
	purple = Color3.fromRGB(81,23,255),
	orange = Color3.fromRGB(255,155,15)
}

while true do
	wait(1)
	for _,v in pairs(colors) do
		square.BackgroundColor3 = v
	end
end

and here is my first attempt when trying to do this:

while true do
	task.wait(2.1)
	square.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255,0,4)
	task.wait(2.1)
	square.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(29, 138, 255)
	task.wait(2.1)
	square.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(81, 23, 255)
	task.wait(2.1)
	square.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 155, 15)
end
#2

Can you show the lines where “square” is defined?

#3 
local square = game.StarterGui.ColorSquare.TransparentBlackground.Square

“Square” is the name of the frame

#4

Change that to:

local square = script.Parent

and place the script inside the frame itself. Make sure it’s a local script.

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#5 
local colors = {
	"red" = Color3.fromRGB(255,0,4),
	"blue" = Color3.fromRGB(29,138,255),
	"purple" = Color3.fromRGB(81,23,255),
	"orange" = Color3.fromRGB(255,155,15)
}

while true do
	wait(1)
	for _,v in pairs(colors) do
		square.BackgroundColor3 = v
	end
end

Also the keys in the table should be string values (before they would have been recognised as variables, unless that was intentional).

#6

Also, if you want each color to be visible, you may need to add a bit of delay to the loop. It’ll run through all the colors too quickly to see the way it is right now. sorry for formatting I’m on mobile

	"red" = Color3.fromRGB(255,0,4),
	"blue" = Color3.fromRGB(29,138,255),
	"purple" = Color3.fromRGB(81,23,255),
	"orange" = Color3.fromRGB(255,155,15)
}

while true do
	wait(1)
	for _,v in pairs(colors) do
-- Needs a wait or something, colors will flash too fast to be visible.
		square.BackgroundColor3 = v
	end
end```
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#7

To help understanding the error, you tried changing the gui inside StarterGui. However, you have to access the players PlayerGui, since StarterGui is whatever GUI the player gets upon joining.

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