Making a color3 value darker with a script

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#1

Hello! I am experiencing some issues with making the current color3 value darker.

This is the current global script in ServerScriptService.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		char:FindFirstChild("Torso").BrickColor = BrickColor.random()
		print("changed to", char:FindFirstChild("Torso").BrickColor)
		char:FindFirstChild("Left Leg").Color = char:FindFirstChild("Torso").Color -- how to make it darker?
		char:FindFirstChild("Right Leg").Color = char:FindFirstChild("Torso").Color -- how to make it darker?
	end)
end)
#2

I would use Color3 here and then just play with R,G and B values to make it darker.

#3

how would i do that? i dont really understand how to mess with rgb values

#4 
char:FindFirstChild("Left Leg").Color3 = Color3.FromRGB(R,G,B)

R,G,B will be the numbers that you would insert.

#5

Color returns a Color3, a Color3 has R G B properties, you can tweak these to however you want, though I think it would be best to do Color3:ToHSV() and lower the V since (I think) that’s the brightness

Example

local function changeBrightness(color)
	local h, s, v = color:ToHSV()
	return Color3.fromHSV(h, s, v/2) -- Here we half the brightness
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		char:FindFirstChild("Torso").BrickColor = BrickColor.random()
		print("changed to", char:FindFirstChild("Torso").BrickColor)
		char:FindFirstChild("Left Leg").Color = changeBrightness(char["Left Leg"].Color)
		char:FindFirstChild("Right Leg").Color = changeBrightness(char["Right Leg"].Color)
	end)
end)
#6

the darkening works but not for the set color that gets randomized after the user respawns

#7

Can you explain again? Are you talking about the BrickColor.random()? In that case, simply set the Color property of the Torso to be changeBrightness(BrickColor.random().Color)

#8 
local function changeBrightness(color)
	local h, s, v = color:ToHSV()
	return Color3.fromHSV(h, s, v/2) -- Here we half the brightness
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		char:FindFirstChild("Torso").BrickColor = BrickColor.random()
		print("changed to", char:FindFirstChild("Torso").BrickColor)
		char:FindFirstChild("Left Leg").Color =  char:FindFirstChild("Torso").Color
		char:FindFirstChild("Right Leg").Color = char:FindFirstChild("Torso").Color
		changeBrightness(char["Left Leg"].Color)
		changeBrightness(char["Right Leg"].Color)
	end)
end)

this is how its suppose to work but it doesnt.
the Lleg and the Rleg is suppose to be the same color as the torso but darker

#9

You need to assign the changeBrightness to the Color property as well

local function changeBrightness(color)
	local h, s, v = color:ToHSV()
	return Color3.fromHSV(h, s, v/2) -- Here we half the brightness
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		local chosenColor = BrickColor.random()
		local darkenedColor = changeBrightness(chosenColor.Color)

		char:FindFirstChild("Torso").BrickColor = chosenColor
		print("changed to", char:FindFirstChild("Torso").BrickColor)
		char:FindFirstChild("Left Leg").Color = darkenedColor
		char:FindFirstChild("Right Leg").Color = darkenedColor
	end)
end)
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#11

My bad, change

local darkenedColor = changeBrightness(chosenColor)

To

local darkenedColor = changeBrightness(chosenColor.Color)