# How to change text color in 0.20+ ?

**URL:** <https://forums.fusetools.com/t/how-to-change-text-color-in-0-20/1766>\
**Category:** How-to Discussions\
**Created:** [July 21, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/how-to-change-text-color-in-0-20/1766 "2016-07-21T22:53:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fernando\_Lins](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.fusetools.com/fernando_lins/32/597_2.png) [@Fernando\_Lins](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/Fernando_Lins)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/how-to-change-text-color-in-0-20/1766/1 "2016-07-21T22:53:54Z")

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Hello

Using `Change` on `Text`'s `Color` is no longer recommended and an alert comes up. What should I do instead if I need to animate text color in custom buttons and other UI elements?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Kristian\_Hasselknipp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forums.fusetools.com/kristian_hasselknipp/32/549_2.png) [@Kristian\_Hasselknipp](https://forums.fusetools.com/u/Kristian_Hasselknipp)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.fusetools.com/t/how-to-change-text-color-in-0-20/1766/2 "2016-07-26T10:00:46Z")

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Hi!

Sorry about the late reply here. Since we figured this one out on the slack channel, ill just post a quick note here:

The way to go is to use the `Color` property of a `Text` when one wants to animate its color:

```auto
<Change textElement.Color="#f00" Duration="0.5" />

```

Note however, that animating `Text` is a bit more costly than animating shapes (still usually not a problem).

The warning we got was because of a small bug in fuselibs, which does not affect the running app. This has been fixed and will be in the next release.