What Color is it?

Introduction

Use the Color Sensor to detect different colors.

Step 1

Open the ||brick:Brick|| Toolbox drawer. From the Screen section, drag out a ||brick:show string|| block onto the Workspace, and drop it into the ||loops:on start|| block.

brick.showString("Hello world", 1)

Step 2

In the ||brick:show string|| block, type the text "What color?" replacing "Hello World".

brick.showString("What color?", 1) 

Step 3

Open the ||sensors:Sensors|| Toolbox drawer. Drag out 3 ||sensors:on color sensor detected|| blocks anywhere onto the Workspace.

sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Blue, function () {

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sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Blue, function () {

})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Blue, function () {

})

Step 4

In the ||sensors:on color sensor detected|| blocks, use the second drop-down menu to select Red, Green, and Yellow colors.

sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Red, function () {

})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Green, function () {

})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Yellow, function () {

})
brick.showString("What color?", 1)

Step 5

Open the ||brick:Brick|| Toolbox drawer. From the Buttons section, drag out 3 ||brick:set status light|| blocks and drop one of them each into the ||sensors:on color sensor detected|| blocks.

sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Red, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Orange)
})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Green, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Orange)
})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Yellow, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Orange)
})
brick.showString("What color?", 1)

Step 6

In the ||brick:set status light|| blocks, use the drop-down menu to change the lights to Red, Green, and Orange corresponding to the different colors detected. There is no Yellow status light, so we’ll use Orange instead.

sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Red, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Red)
})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Green, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Green)
})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Yellow, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Orange)
})
brick.showString("What color?", 1)

Step 7

Open the ||music:Music|| Toolbox drawer. Drag out 3 ||music:play sound effect|| blocks and drop one of them each into the ||sensors:on color sensor detected|| blocks after the ||brick:set status light|| block.

sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Red, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Red)
    music.playSoundEffect(sounds.animalsCatPurr)
})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Green, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Green)
    music.playSoundEffect(sounds.animalsCatPurr)
})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Yellow, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Orange)
    music.playSoundEffect(sounds.animalsCatPurr)
})
brick.showString("What color?", 1)

Step 8

In the ||music:play sound effect|| blocks, use the drop-down menu to select the colors red, colors green, and colors yellow sound effects corresponding to the different colors detected.

sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Red, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Red)
    music.playSoundEffect(sounds.colorsRed)
})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Green, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Green)
    music.playSoundEffect(sounds.colorsGreen)
})
sensors.color3.onColorDetected(ColorSensorColor.Yellow, function () {
    brick.setStatusLight(StatusLight.Orange)
    music.playSoundEffect(sounds.colorsYellow)
})
brick.showString("What color?", 1)

Step 9

Now, plug your EV3 Brick into the computer with the USB cable, and click the Download button at the bottom of your screen. Follow the directions to save your program to the EV3 Brick.

Attach a Color Sensor to Port 3 of your EV3 Brick. Test your program by flashing Red, Green and Yellow colored paper or use LEGO bricks in front of the Color Sensor.