Looks Blocks

Looks is one of the ten categories of Scratch blocks. They are color-coded purple, and are used to control a Sprite's appearance.

There are currently 20 Looks blocks: 17 Stack blocks and 3 Reporter blocks. 14 are only for sprites, and 4 are only for the Stage.

According to the Scratch Statistics, this block category has the most used blocks with over 2 million uses.

Blocks

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Scratch 3.0 contains the following 17 Looks stack blocks:

Scratch 3.0 contains the following 3 Looks reporter blocks:

v • d • e Looks Blocks
For sprites	Say () for () Seconds • Say () • Think () for () Seconds • Think () • Switch Costume to () • Next Costume • Switch Backdrop to () Next Backdrop • Change Size by () • Set Size to ()% • Change () Effect by () • Set () Effect to () • Clear Graphic Effects • Show • Hide • Go to () Layer • Go () () Layers • Costume # • Backdrop Number • Size
For the Stage	Switch Backdrop to () • Switch Backdrop to () and Wait • Next Backdrop • Change () Effect by () • Set () Effect to () • Clear Graphic Effects • Backdrop # More blocks...

v • d • e Block Categories
Main Block Categories	Motion Blocks • Looks Blocks • Sound Blocks • Events Blocks • Control Blocks • Sensing Blocks • Operators Blocks • Variables Blocks (List Blocks) • My Blocks
Extensions	Music Extension • Pen Extension • Video Sensing Extension • Text to Speech Extension • Translate Extension • Makey Makey Extension • micro:bit Extension • LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Extension • LEGO BOOST Extension • LEGO Education WeDo 2.0 Extension • Go Direct Force & Acceleration Extension
Raspberry Pi Extensions	Raspberry Pi GPIO Extension • Raspberry Pi Sense HAT Extension • Raspberry Pi Simple Electronics Extension