Random colour within a list of pre-defined colours - actionscript-3

Question

Here is my actionscript that edited from http://circlecube.com/2009/02/random-movement-brownian-revisited-for-as3/:
//number of balls
var numBalls:uint = 50;
var defaultBallSize:uint = 8;
//init
makeDots();
function makeDots():void {
//create desired number of balls
for (var ballNum:uint=0; ballNum<numBalls; ballNum++){
var c1:Number = randomColor();
var c2:Number = randomColor();
//create ball
var thisBall:MovieClip = new MovieClip();
thisBall.graphics.beginFill(c1);
//thisBall.graphics.lineStyle(defaultBallSize, 0);
thisBall.graphics.drawCircle(defaultBallSize, defaultBallSize, defaultBallSize);
thisBall.graphics.endFill();
addChild(thisBall);
//coordinates
thisBall.x = Math.random() * stage.stageWidth;
thisBall.y = Math.random() * stage.stageHeight;
//percieved depth
//thisBall.ballNum = ballNum;
// thisBall.depth = ballNum/numBalls;
//thisBall.scaleY = thisBall.scaleX = thisBall.alpha = ballNum/numBalls;
//velocity
thisBall.vx = 0;
thisBall.vy = 0;
thisBall.vz = 0;
//ball animation
thisBall.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, animateBall);
}
}
var dampen:Number = 0.95;
var maxScale:Number = 1.3;
var minScale:Number = .3;
var maxAlpha:Number = 1.3;
var minAlpha:Number = .3;
function animateBall(e:Event):void{
var thisBall:Object = e.target;
//apply randomness to velocity
thisBall.vx += Math.random() * 0.2 - 0.1;
thisBall.vy += Math.random() * 0.2 - 0.1;
thisBall.vz += Math.random() * 0.002 - 0.001;
thisBall.x += thisBall.vx;
thisBall.y += thisBall.vy;
//thisBall.scaleX = thisBall.scaleY += thisBall.vz;
//thisBall.alpha += thisBall.vz;
thisBall.vx *= dampen;
thisBall.vy *= dampen;
thisBall.vz *= dampen;
if(thisBall.x > stage.stageWidth) {
thisBall.x = 0 - thisBall.width;
}
else if(thisBall.x < 0 - thisBall.width) {
thisBall.x = stage.stageWidth;
}
if(thisBall.y > stage.stageHeight) {
thisBall.y = 0 - thisBall.height;
}
else if(thisBall.y < 0 - thisBall.height) {
thisBall.y = stage.stageHeight;
}
if (thisBall.scaleX > maxScale){
thisBall.scaleX = thisBall.scaleY = maxScale;
}
else if (thisBall.scaleX < minScale){
thisBall.scaleX = thisBall.scaleY = minScale;
}
if (thisBall.alpha > maxAlpha){
thisBall.alpha = maxAlpha;
}
else if (thisBall.alpha < minAlpha){
thisBall.alpha = minAlpha;
}
}
function randomColor():Number{
return Math.floor(Math.random() * 16777215);
}
The colour of the balls are totally random and I was wondering if it was possible to make it so the colours would be random but from a pre-defined list of colours.
Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

You can easily accomplish that by using an array of colors:
var colors:Array = [0xFF0000, 0x00FF00, 0x0000FF];
function randomColor():uint
{
return colors[int(Math.random()*colors.length)];
}
The above code will select randomly from red, green and blue. You can add new colors to the randomization by simply adding their hex code to the array.

Answer 2

function randomColor():Number{
var my_clrs_arr:Array =
new Array(0xFFCC00,0xFF0000, 0xFFFF00, 0xFFFFFF, 0xCCCC00, 0xFACC00);
var random_num = Math.floor(Math.random() * my_clrs_arr.lemgth);
return my_clrs_arr[random_num];
}