Difference between skinning, coloring and theming in Flex

Please explain me the difference between skinning, coloring开发者_如何学运维 and themes.

I'll give it a shot.

Skinning usually refers to the process of creating a CSS style sheet which changes the visual look look of components used within your application.

However, when you create a custom skin for a Spark component, it refers to creating a skin class (either in MXML or ActionSCript) which changes the layout of the components.

So, 'skin' is used in two different contexts there.

When you create a theme, it is usually a combination of CSS Styles, custom skin classes, and other related assets (PNG, FXG, etc..) all wrapped up in a single SWC.

"Coloring" is a term I've never heard used in relation to Flex development, so I would call it meaningless.

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