Get current selected color from ColorPicker
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <mx:Application xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"> <mx:Script> import mx.controls.Alert; public function showMsg(msg:String):void { Alert.show(msg); } </mx:Script> <mx:Panel width="400" height="150" title="Profile" horizontalCenter="0" verticalCenter="0"> <s:HGroup> <mx:Label fontWeight="bold" text="Favorite car maker:" /> <s:DropDownList id="combo" close="showMsg('Value is ' + event.currentTarget.selectedItem)"> <mx:ArrayCollection> <mx:String>A</mx:String> <mx:String>B</mx:String> <mx:String>C</mx:String> </mx:ArrayCollection> </s:DropDownList> <mx:Label fontWeight="bold" text="With the color of:" /> <mx:ColorPicker id="clr" change="showMsg('Color ' + event.currentTarget.selectedColor)" /> </s:HGroup> </mx:Panel> </mx:Application>