How to change color of TextSprite?

[RylanSchaeffer]

Whenever I try changing the color of my TextSprite, the code either breaks or the text vanishes. What's the right way to change the color?

Specifically, I have the following sprite:

            reinforcementErrorSprite = new THREE.TextSprite({
                text: percentCorrect + "%",
                alignment: 'left',
                // fontFamily: 'Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif',
                fontSize: 0.51,
                fontStyle: 'bold',
                color: '#ec1b27',
            });

When I try reinforcementErrorSprite.color = '<hex string>', the text vanishes. When I try reinforcementErrorSprite.color = new THREE.Color(<r, g, b>), the text vanishes. What's the right way to set the color?

Thanks in advance!

[yun77op]

the former is the right way to set the color.

i experiment with changing color locally, and it works as expected.