Animating Color Transitions
The last animation element, animateColor, seems a bit redundant, as its function is easily duplicable using the animate element. Nonetheless, animateColor exists, and it allows you to transition an object's color between a variety of hues.
Using the same syntax as the animate element, animateColor's code looks like this:
<animateColor xlink:href=”#A” attributeName=”fill” from=”B” to=”C”begin=”D” end=”E”/>.
Just as before, A represents the id of the object to be modified, D the time at which the animation should begin, and E the time at which the animation should cease. B represents the initial color value and C
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