How to change color via script

Questions & Answers
1

im trying to change the color of some text using the script, however it dosent see to be working, here is my code

GetComponent(Text).color = Color.green;

i am getting multiple issues because of this code, please could someone explain why.

2

Use the generic form instead. The non-generic only returns an object of type Component, which doesn’t have a color property.

Like so:

GetComponent<Text>().color = Color.green;
3

GetComponent(Text) returns a Component.
You need to cast it back to Text type.

(Text)GetComponent(Text);

You can also simply use the generic implementation

GetComponent<Text>();

Which will return the component as the type it is given (Text).