---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.ColorPickerSelectedColorChangedEventArgs.PreviousSelectedColor"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.ColorPickerSelectedColorChangedEventArgs"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/EventArgs/ColorPickerSelectedColorChangedEventArgs/PreviousSelectedColor/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# ColorPickerSelectedColorChangedEventArgs.PreviousSelectedColor

Member of [ColorPickerSelectedColorChangedEventArgs](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/EventArgs/ColorPickerSelectedColorChangedEventArgs/index.md).

## PreviousSelectedColor

Gets the previous selected color.

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI not supported · Cloud not supported.

- CLI: Never raised in the CLI: the events that pass it never fire there (ColorPicker.SelectedColorChanged).
- Cloud: Never raised in the cloud: the events that pass it never fire there (ColorPicker.SelectedColorChanged).

C#:

```csharp
public Color PreviousSelectedColor {get;}
```

Python:

```python
colorPickerSelectedColorChangedEventArgs.PreviousSelectedColor: Color
```

### Returns

`Color` — 

Available since cAlgo.API 5.1.

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
protected override void OnStart()
{
    var colorPicker = new ColorPicker { SelectedColor = Color.Red };
    colorPicker.SelectedColorChanged += OnSelectedColorChanged;
    Chart.AddControl(colorPicker);
}

private void OnSelectedColorChanged(ColorPickerSelectedColorChangedEventArgs args)
{
    Print("Previous color was {0}", args.PreviousSelectedColor);
}
```

Python:

```python
def on_start(self):
    colorPicker = ColorPicker()
    colorPicker.SelectedColor = Color.Red
    colorPicker.SelectedColorChanged += self.on_selected_color_changed
    api.Chart.AddControl(colorPicker)

def on_selected_color_changed(self, args):
    api.Print(f"Previous color was {args.PreviousSelectedColor}")
```