Text color attribute ignored on constructions

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
68/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
python
Domain
computer-graphics

Research direction

Start with the Text constructor and the get_color/set_color behavior shown in the reproduction code. Trace how the color argument is stored during Text("test", color=WHITE), then run the example or relevant tests. Done means construction reports #FFFFFF, matching set_color(WHITE) afterward.

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Description

Description of bug / unexpected behavior

Text("test", color=WHITE) does not result in a Text object with color WHITE

Expected behavior

Text("test", color=WHITE) should result in a Text object with color WHITE

How to reproduce the issue

Code for reproducing the problem 
    text_obj = Text("test", color=WHITE)
    print(text_obj.text + " " + str(text_obj.get_color()))
    text_obj.set_color(WHITE)
    print(text_obj.text + " " + str(text_obj.get_color()))

EXPECTED OUTPUT:
test #FFFFFF
test #FFFFFF

ACTUAL OUTPUT:
test #000000
test #FFFFFF

System specifications

System Details
  • OS Windows 10 19045
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • Python 3.14.6
  • Manim Community v0.20.1
  • Installed modules (provide output from pip list):
Package                        Version
------------------------------ ---------
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attrs                          23.2.0
babel                          2.16.0
certifi                        2024.8.30
chardet                        5.2.0
charset-normalizer             3.4.0
colorama                       0.4.6
distlib                        0.3.8
docutils                       0.20.1
idna                           3.8
imagesize                      1.4.1
Jinja2                         3.1.5
MarkupSafe                     2.1.5
meson                          1.6.1
packaging                      24.2
pip                            24.1.2
Pygments                       2.18.0
pyparsing                      3.1.2
pytz                           2024.2
requests                       2.32.3
setuptools                     75.6.0
six                            1.16.0
snowballstemmer                2.2.0
Sphinx                         8.1.3
sphinx_rtd_theme               3.0.1
sphinxcontrib-applehelp        2.0.0
sphinxcontrib-devhelp          2.0.0
sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp         2.1.0
sphinxcontrib-jquery           4.1
sphinxcontrib-jsmath           1.0.1
sphinxcontrib-qthelp           2.0.0
sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml  2.0.0
sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter 1.2.3
urllib3                        1.26.20
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