ambient Light

Get the amount of ambient light dectected.

sensors.color1.ambientLight()

The amount of ambient light measured is in the range of 0 (darkest) to 100 (brightest).

Returns

• a number that is the amount of ambiernt light measured. No light (darkness) is 0 and the brightest light is 100.

Example

Make the status light show green if the ambient light is greater than 20.

forever(function () {
    if (sensors.color1.ambientLight() > 20) {
        brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Green)
    } else {
        brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Orange)
    }
})

See also

reflected light