GML (SOLVED) draw_set_color is drawing the wrong color

[Zahk]

I'm trying to set the draw color to a specific bright orange color. I'm attempting to do so with the following line of code:

draw_set_color($FF8300)

with the hex value being obtained by using the color picker on the exact shade of orange I'm trying to draw. However, as you can see in this screenshot, the color of the text that it draws is pretty far from orange (it should be the same orange color as the outer border of that window). I'm making a game with 10 different color palettes, and this isn't the only palette where the text draws incorrectly, but it's the most glaring example. About half of them draw the wrong color.

Is there something wrong with using the hex value to set the color value? Should I be using another method?

 

[rIKmAN]

I'm trying to set the draw color to a specific bright orange color. I'm attempting to do so with the following line of code:

draw_set_color($FF8300)

with the hex value being obtained by using the color picker on the exact shade of orange I'm trying to draw. However, as you can see in this screenshot, the color of the text that it draws is pretty far from orange (it should be the same orange color as the outer border of that window). I'm making a game with 10 different color palettes, and this isn't the only palette where the text draws incorrectly, but it's the most glaring example. About half of them draw the wrong color.

Is there something wrong with using the hex value to draw text? Should I be using another method?

Try switching it to BGR and using using $0083FF.

 

[Zahk]

Try switching it to BGR and using using $0083FF.

...why did that work? Some colors just have to be put in backwards? That seems... odd...

 

[rIKmAN]

...why did that work? Some colors just have to be put in backwards? That seems... odd...

The sprite editor uses RGB I think, but the runtime / GML uses BGR for compatibility reasons.

There are a couple of threads here and here with some discussion and more info on it.

 

[Zahk]

Jeez, alright. Just one of the fun quirks of the arduous learning process I guess. Thanks for the help!