Change Candle Fill Color But Not Outline?

[mak]

Is this the correct page for the "Impulse" indicator on ThinkorSwim? The one described at this link: https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/G-L/Impulse

I love this indicator, however, I wanted to see if there is a way to paint only the body of the candle so that the original color of the candle can still be identified by the border. Since the option to distinguish between border and body (fill) exists in "Appearance" under "Chart Settings", I figured there must be a way to accomplish this by adding to the "Impulse" code.

Can anyone please help provide a piece of code that could be added to the following script or edit the script so that either the color of the body/fill of the candle or the border color would change, but NOT both. This way, for example, if the original candle was green/red but was designated neutral/green/red by the indicator, you would still be able to see both the original color as the border or fill AND the repainted color as the border or fill. Hope that makes sense. Please, let me know if you need me to clarify. Thank you for your help!

#
# Charles Schwab & Co. (c) 2012-2025
#

input length = 13;
input paintBars = yes;

def EMA = ExpAverage(close, length);
def MACD = ExpAverage(close, 12) - ExpAverage(close, 26);
def MACDHist = MACD - ExpAverage(MACD, 9);
def GreenPrice = EMA > EMA[1] and MACDHist > MACDHist[1];
def RedPrice = EMA < EMA[1] and MACDHist < MACDHist[1];

plot Bullish = GreenPrice;
plot Neutral = !GreenPrice and !RedPrice;
plot Bearish = RedPrice;

Bullish.SetDefaultColor(Color.UPTICK);
Bullish.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_POINTS);
Bullish.SetLineWeight(3);
Bullish.hide();
Neutral.SetDefaultColor(Color.BLUE);
Neutral.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_POINTS);
Neutral.SetLineWeight(3);
Neutral.hide();
Bearish.SetDefaultColor(Color.DOWNTICK);
Bearish.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_POINTS);
Bearish.SetLineWeight(3);
Bearish.hide();

DefineGlobalColor("Bullish", Color.UPTICK);
DefineGlobalColor("Neutral", Color.BLUE);
DefineGlobalColor("Bearish", Color.DOWNTICK);
AssignPriceColor(if !paintBars then Color.CURRENT else if GreenPrice then globalColor("Bullish") else if RedPrice then globalColor("Bearish") else globalColor("Neutral"));

 

[rad14733]

@mak Your concept of changing only the candle body and not the outline and wicks is not possible via Thinkscript as there is no Function to perform this task - so the answer is No...

 

[SleepyZ]

Is this the correct page for the "Impulse" indicator on ThinkorSwim? The one described at this link: https://toslc.thinkorswim.com/center/reference/Tech-Indicators/studies-library/G-L/Impulse

I love this indicator, however, I wanted to see if there is a way to paint only the body of the candle so that the original color of the candle can still be identified by the border. Since the option to distinguish between border and body (fill) exists in "Appearance" under "Chart Settings", I figured there must be a way to accomplish this by adding to the "Impulse" code.

Can anyone please help provide a piece of code that could be added to the following script or edit the script so that either the color of the body/fill of the candle or the border color would change, but NOT both. This way, for example, if the original candle was green/red but was designated neutral/green/red by the indicator, you would still be able to see both the original color as the border or fill AND the repainted color as the border or fill. Hope that makes sense. Please, let me know if you need me to clarify. Thank you for your help!

#
# Charles Schwab & Co. (c) 2012-2025
#

input length = 13;
input paintBars = yes;

def EMA = ExpAverage(close, length);
def MACD = ExpAverage(close, 12) - ExpAverage(close, 26);
def MACDHist = MACD - ExpAverage(MACD, 9);
def GreenPrice = EMA > EMA[1] and MACDHist > MACDHist[1];
def RedPrice = EMA < EMA[1] and MACDHist < MACDHist[1];

plot Bullish = GreenPrice;
plot Neutral = !GreenPrice and !RedPrice;
plot Bearish = RedPrice;

Bullish.SetDefaultColor(Color.UPTICK);
Bullish.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_POINTS);
Bullish.SetLineWeight(3);
Bullish.hide();
Neutral.SetDefaultColor(Color.BLUE);
Neutral.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_POINTS);
Neutral.SetLineWeight(3);
Neutral.hide();
Bearish.SetDefaultColor(Color.DOWNTICK);
Bearish.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_POINTS);
Bearish.SetLineWeight(3);
Bearish.hide();

DefineGlobalColor("Bullish", Color.UPTICK);
DefineGlobalColor("Neutral", Color.BLUE);
DefineGlobalColor("Bearish", Color.DOWNTICK);
AssignPriceColor(if !paintBars then Color.CURRENT else if GreenPrice then globalColor("Bullish") else if RedPrice then globalColor("Bearish") else globalColor("Neutral"));

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[Edited to include wicks]
Using the unsupported addchart() function the candle border,including wicks, can reflect the original color of the candle. Regrettably, we cannot control the thickness of the border.

#
# Charles Schwab & Co. (c) 2012-2025
#

input length = 13;
input paintBars = yes;

def EMA = ExpAverage(close, length);
def MACD = ExpAverage(close, 12) - ExpAverage(close, 26);
def MACDHist = MACD - ExpAverage(MACD, 9);
def GreenPrice = EMA > EMA[1] and MACDHist > MACDHist[1];
def RedPrice = EMA < EMA[1] and MACDHist < MACDHist[1];

plot Bullish = GreenPrice;
plot Neutral = !GreenPrice and !RedPrice;
plot Bearish = RedPrice;

Bullish.SetDefaultColor(Color.UPTICK);
Bullish.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_POINTS);
Bullish.SetLineWeight(3);
Bullish.hide();
Neutral.SetDefaultColor(Color.BLUE);
Neutral.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_POINTS);
Neutral.SetLineWeight(3);
Neutral.hide();
Bearish.SetDefaultColor(Color.DOWNTICK);
Bearish.SetPaintingStrategy(PaintingStrategy.BOOLEAN_POINTS);
Bearish.SetLineWeight(3);
Bearish.hide();

DefineGlobalColor("Bullish", Color.UPTICK);
DefineGlobalColor("Neutral", Color.BLUE);
DefineGlobalColor("Bearish", Color.DOWNTICK);
AssignPriceColor(if !paintBars then Color.CURRENT else if GreenPrice then globalColor("Bullish") else if RedPrice then globalColor("Bearish") else globalColor("Neutral"));


input charttype = ChartType.CANDLE;
def o = open;
def h = high;
def l = low;
def c = close;
def na = double.nan;

def o1 = if o<c then c else na;
def c1 = if o<c then o else na;
def h1 = h;
def l1 = l;

AddChart(growColor = color.green, fallColor = Color.RED, neutralColor = Color.GRAY, high = h1, low = l1, open = c1, close = o1, type = charttype);

def o2 = if o>c then o else double.nan;
def c2 = if o>c then c else double.nan;
def h2 = h;
def l2 = l;

AddChart(growColor = color.red, fallColor = Color.RED, neutralColor = Color.GRAY, high = h2, low = l2, open = c2, close = o2, type = charttype);

#

 

[rad14733]

@SleepyZ Yeah, I didn't bother mentioning AddChart() due to it's lack of documentation and the fact that while it can change the border color it cannot change the color of the wicks... I keep a couple example scripts kicking around so I don't have to retrain myself how the function works every time there is a need for some AddChart() code...

 

[Joshua]

The body, body outline, upper wick, and lower wick can all be changed independently. But, a lot of it can not be changed dynamically within the function's parameters. You have to overlay the function over itself multiple times, and for more complex things, you can mix components of bar and candle style.

 

[SleepyZ]

@SleepyZ Yeah, I didn't bother mentioning AddChart() due to it's lack of documentation and the fact that while it can change the border color it cannot change the color of the wicks... I keep a couple example scripts kicking around so I don't have to retrain myself how the function works every time there is a need for some AddChart() code...

I forgot to include wick coloring, which are now in the above code