How to read and save start color of a Particle System in Unity

Question

Lets say that I have a Particle system with start color as random between two colors say black and white. Now I know that the colors can be changed using MinMaxGradient. But how do I save the original start colors so I can use them later.

Answer 1

Use ParticleSystem.MainModule.startColor.

This will return a MinMaxGradient which has a colorMin property. This is what you should save in a class field for future reuse. For example, if you initialize your ParticleSystem in the Start method:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class MyScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    //declare class fields for your particle system and start color
    private ParticleSystem myParticleSystem;
    private Color particleStartColor;

    void Start()
    {
        //...
        myParticleSystem = GetComponent<ParticleSystem>();
        ParticleSystem.MinMaxGradient myMinMaxGradient = myParticleSystem.main.startColor;
        particleStartColor = myMinMaxGradient.colorMin;
        //...  
    }
}