Change graphic color programatically

How can I programatically change the color of a canvas grahpic?
Thanks.

Hi Robin,
I don't know why this works now, but I changed my test script to place the image in the script, then change the color and it works (which is more like the way I'm going to use it in production). With my first test I was trying to change the color of the tif file that I had manually placed on the page.
Thanks,
Archie
Below is test script that works.
Rem ColorTest.vbs
Set myInDesign = CreateObject("InDesign.Application.CS3")
Set myDocument = MyInDesign.ActiveDocument
myFile = "X:\SCANNED_ART\1659418-100.tif"
Rem Get Color of Text
Set myTextFrame = myDocument.textFrames.item("text")
myTextContents = myTextFrame.Texts.Item(1).Contents
myTextColor = myTextFrame.Texts.Item(1).fillColor
Rem Place Graphic
Set myGraphic = myDocument.Pages.Item(1).Place (myFile)
Set myGraphic = myGraphic.Item(1)
MsgBox "Graphic Placed"
Rem Set Color
myGraphic.fillColor = myDocument.Colors.Item(myTextColor)

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