title: Testing if colors equal
body: <p>I'm working on the Breakout assignment from the Stanford lectures on iTunes U (still pretty green) and ran into a snarl. I'm trying to set a point value for the different colored bricks so I can calculate a score but my if's don't seem to work. I have a feeling that getColor() isn't returning the value that I think it is; I created a status label to show my what it's returning but I still can't figure out how to test for that. More than likely it's something simple I'm missing or just don't know of yet.</p>
  
  <p>Here's a snippet of the bit I'm working on:</p>
  
  <pre><code>if (collider != null &amp;&amp; collider != paddle) {
          remove(scoreLabel);
          vy = -vy;
          Color brickColor = collider.getColor();
          add(new GLabel("" + collider.getColor(), 10, 12));
          double temp = brickVal(brickColor) * scoreMultiplier;
          score += Math.abs(temp);
          addScoreboard();
          remove(collider);
      }
  }
  
  private double brickVal(Color c) {
      if (c.equals(Color.RED)) {
          return 10.0;
      } else if (c == Color.ORANGE) {
          return brickVal = 8.0;
      } else if (c == Color.YELLOW) {
          return brickVal = 6.0;
      } else if (c == Color.GREEN) {
          return brickVal = 4.0;
      } else if (Color.CYAN.equals(c)) {
          return brickVal = 2.0;
      } else if (c == Color.MAGENTA) {
          return brickVal = 1.0;
      } else {
          return 1.0;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If you need the full code let me know.</p>