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Camera.backgroundColor

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public Color backgroundColor;

Description

The color with which the screen will be cleared.

Only used if clearFlags are set to CameraClearFlags.SolidColor (or CameraClearFlags.Skybox but the skybox is not set up).

// ping-pong animate background color
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour { public Color color1 = Color.red; public Color color2 = Color.blue; public float duration = 3.0F;

public Camera cam;

void Start() { cam = GetComponent<Camera>(); cam.clearFlags = CameraClearFlags.SolidColor; }

void Update() { float t = Mathf.PingPong(Time.time, duration) / duration; cam.backgroundColor = Color.Lerp(color1, color2, t); } }

Additional resources: camera component, Camera.clearFlags