Introduction to Looks Blocks

Looks blocks are the blocks that control how a sprite looks. There are 20 Looks blocks in Scratch 3.0. Three of the 20 sprite Looks blocks have a counterpart for the Stage.

Scratch 3.0 has the following seventeen Looks Stack blocks:

• — A speech bubble appears over the sprite and stays for the specified amount of time.

• — A speech bubble appears over the sprite and will not go away over time.

• — A thought bubble appears over the sprite and stays for the specified amount of time.

• — A thought bubble appears over the sprite and will not go away over time.

• — Shows the sprite.

• — Hides the sprite.

• and — Changes the sprite’s/Stage’s costume/backdrop to the specified one.

• and — Changes the sprite’s/Stage’s costume/backdrop to the next one in the costume list.

• — Changes the specified effect by the amount.

• — Sets the specified effect to the amount.

• — Clears all graphic effects on the sprite.

• — Changes the sprite’s size by the amount.

• — Sets the sprite’s size to the amount.

• — Puts a sprite in the front or back.

• — Changes the sprite’s layer value by the amount.

Scratch 3.0 has the following three Looks Reporter blocks:

• and  —The number or name of the sprite/Stage’s current costume/backdrop in the list.

• — The sprite’s size.