Chunk expression .color returning error

Question

Greetings, this one shoudl be so simple it is driving me
crazy. I'm trying to test and set the color of a word in a text
field, containing ten comma separated words, as follows in Dir 8.5
message window:
put member("test").text
-- "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten"
I can select a single word and set a color for it via the
color picker.
However, I can't seem to figure out how to return or set the
color of a word-chunk via lingo:
put member("test").word[3].color
produces a Script Error: Wrong number of parameters.
I've also tried this using other chunks like item, line and
char.
In the docs under "color" this example is given so it appears
that it should work:
member("myQuotes").char[4..7].color = rgb(200, 150, 75)
When I modify the field name and try this exact statememt, I
still get the same error when setting or returning the .color
property.
I figher it has to be something simple. Tried searching this
forum back several years but no luck. Can anyone help? Thanks

Answer 1

If you have MX or lower I believe there are two problems with
the field member (as opposed to a text member which should work
with the posted syntax).
Problem 1 is that the fields don't have a color property on
an individual chunk.
You can however use the older foreColor.
Problem 2 is that the fields require verbose syntax when
referring to chunks.
set the foreColor of word 2 of member "test" to 128