# Creating ellipses with different colours and sizes

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [August 22, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/creating-ellipses-with-different-colours-and-sizes/2834 "2018-08-22T04:59:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![jb4x](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/jb4x/32/789_2.png) [@jb4x](https://discourse.processing.org/u/jb4x)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2018, 6:21am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/creating-ellipses-with-different-colours-and-sizes/2834/3 "2018-08-22T06:21:42Z")

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It is really difficult to ask general “how do I do this?” question.

You can read more on the subject here:

> [@Guidelines—Asking Questions](https://discourse.processing.org/t/guidelines-tips-on-asking-questions/2147):
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> Summary (TL;DR) Ask complete questions to get better answers! Be specific. For example: I want to load an image. I tried using createImg() , and I expected the image to be on canvas, but what happened instead was the image showing up below the canvas. Isolate your problem and work in small steps. Share only the code directly related to your problem if it is part of a bigger project, and if something isn’t working, try the smallest code that could do the thing you want. Can we run your code to …

Now to get back at your project, I would advise, as @tony said, to divide your project in different objectives, master them and at the end put everything together. It could be something like this in your case:

1. Draw an ellipse where you want, the size you want
2. Change the color of that ellipse
3. Move it over time (no matter how)
4. Change the size over time (no matter how)
5. Change the color over time (no matter how)
6. Now control how the ellipse changes over time (position, size and color)
7. How to draw multiple of them (which data structure adopt for the project)
8. Enjoy

Now if when trying to break it down you run into problems, come back and post your code here. Explain what you want to achieve and what exactly is the problem that you encounter. We’ll all be happy to help 🙂

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