# Why are text.color / shadow.color / ... strings?

**URL:** <https://phaser.discourse.group/t/why-are-text-color-shadow-color-strings/12351>\
**Category:** Phaser 3\
**Created:** [September 24, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/why-are-text-color-shadow-color-strings/12351 "2022-09-24T13:50:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![PhaserNoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@PhaserNoob](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/PhaserNoob)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/why-are-text-color-shadow-color-strings/12351/1 "2022-09-24T13:50:22Z")

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Everything else uses numbers.  
So you can’t use a unified style without converting them.

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**Author:** ![samme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/phaser.discourse.group/samme/32/5275_2.png) [@samme](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/samme)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/why-are-text-color-shadow-color-strings/12351/2 "2022-09-24T15:23:38Z")

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Because [Canvas 2d text](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Canvas_API/Tutorial/Drawing_text) uses CSS color strings.