How do you change the color of the words in a Python Tkinter OptionMenu

Question

I am trying to make a Drop Down Menu of colors. Red Green Blue Yellow. I want the words inside the option box to be colored with their respected name. So the when the user clicks the arrow to open the optionMenu, Option red will have red letters. blue will have blue letters and so forth.

Is this Possible?

Thanks.

Or if there is a way to do that using a different tkinter object — Daniel, Jun 28 '15 at 23:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 29 '15 at 00:49

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So you just have to use OptionMenu.entryconfig(*index of item*, background = *color)

m.entryconfig(0, background="GREEN")
m.entryconfig(1, background = "RED")

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 30 '15 at 01:04

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Try using the fg(or foreground) and bg(or background) options. If a is the menu, use: a.entryconfig( optionindex , bg=" color_name " ) for the background, and a.entryconfig( optionindex , bg= " color_name " ) for the foreground.

answered Jun 30 '15 at 01:04

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How do you change the color of the words in a Python Tkinter OptionMenu

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