Combining colors

Hello.
I am having trouble getting a movie clip to change color
based on bitwise operator commands. I have variables for the red,
green, and blue values, and an overall value for plugging them
together. But when I call to have the display object's color
converted to the RGB value, it just doesn't do anything. Here is my
code:
Thanks for any help.

No, not a gradient, but rather the ability to increase the
red, green, or blue channel based on a button click.
So let's say that Mainball starts off a high green color (85,
255, 43) ties to variables lumRd, lumGr, and lumBl respectively.
I'd like to be able to manipulate the indivdual decimals of
each color. So clicking a red button, for example, increases lumRd
by +5, while keeping the other values, and then have that color
change reflect in Mainball after each click. I think I have the
theory down, I am just struggling with the syntax and placement.
-dE

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