How to DIY the basic color of a skin?

All the text color, and part of the basic color of a skin (including the chat screen, input area and userlist background) are controlled by an external XML file: color.xml.

After installing 123 Flash Chat trial edition, open <123flashchat installed directory>/client/skin/<new skin>/color.xml, and the screenshots below will show you what part of skin will be affected by the changes of its values.

1 SKIN_TEXT_COLOR_ROOM_NAME_ADMIN_NUMBER 2 SKIN_TEXT_COLOR_ROOM_DESC 3 SKIN_CHECKBOX_TEXT

4 SKIN_TEXT_COLOR_ALERT 5 SKIN_TEXT_CHANGE_COLOR_BOTTON_OVER 6 SKIN_ROOM_FONT_COLOR

7 SKIN_TEXT_COLOR_TAB 8 SKIN_TEXT_COLOR_TAB_LOSE 9 SKIN_TEXT_COLOR_WELCOME
(The system messages color of welcome to room and left room.) 10 SKIN_USERLIST_BACK_COLOR_DARK 11 SKIN_USERLIST_BACK_COLOR_LIGHT 12 SKIN_USERLIST_TEXT
(Guest username color in the user list.) 13 SKIN_TEXT_COLOR_SAY
(Username color in the public chat area.) 14 SKIN_TEXT_CHANGE_COLOR_BOTTON_UP 15 SKIN_TEXT_COLOR_DEFAULT_TALK
(The message color in the public chat area.) 16 SKIN_POPUP_BG_TITLE_COLOR 17 SKIN_MESSAGE_PANEL_BACK_COLOR
(The background color of the public chat window.)

18 SKIN_INPUT_BACK_COLOR
(The background color of input area.)19 SKIN_INPUT_GRADIENT_BACK_COLOR
(The background gradient color of input area.) 20 SKIN_COMBO_TEXT 21 SKIN_PLAYER_LIST_TEXT_SELECT_COLOR 22 SKIN_PLAYER_LIST_TEXT_COLOR 23 SKIN_PLAYER_TITLE_MIN_COLOR 24 SKIN_CACHED_MESSAGE_COLOR 25 SKIN_SHOW_GIFTLIST_WINDOW_USERNAME_COLOR
(The sender and receiver username color in gift system message.) 26 SKIN_SHOW_GIFTLIST_WINDOW_NUMBER_GIFTNAME_COLOR
(The gift name color in gift system message.) 27 SKIN_SHOW_NEW_MESSAGE_NUMBER_COLOR

28 SKIN_PRIVATE_TITLE_COLOR

29 SKIN_VIDEO_TITLE_TEXTCOLOR

30 SKIN_GAME_LEFT_BACK 31 SKIN_GAME_RIGHT_BACK32 SKIN_GAME_PIC_BACK_COLOR

33 SKIN_GAME_PIC_BORDER_COLOR 34 SKIN_GAME_PIC_BACK_OVER_COLOR

35 SKIN_GLOBAL_TEXTCOLOR

36 SKIN_LIVEHELP_NAME_COLOR
(The live help username color.)37 BUDDY_NOT_ONLINE_COLOR
(The offline username color in friend list.)38 SKIN_SUPERADMIN_NAME_COLOR
(The superadmin username color.)39 SKIN_ADMIN_NAME_COLOR
(The admin username color.) 40 SKIN_ROOMMASTER_NAME_COLOR
(The PPM video publisher username color.)

41 SKIN_OWNER_NAME_COLOR
(The moderator username color.)42 SKIN_SPEAKER_NAME_COLOR
(The speaker username color.)43 SKIN_MEMBER_NAME_COLOR
(The registered member username color.)44 SKIN_ROOMLIST_TEXTCOLOR45 SKIN_ROOMLIST_CURRENT