From 8e6265d35e22d84f8fb5002308e206f2c1bf67a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grant Sanderson <grant@3blue1brown.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 16:17:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Give set_color_by_gradient more expected behavior

https://github.com/3b1b/manim/issues/1882
---
 manimlib/mobject/mobject.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
index bab9323f..872f85db 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
@@ -1265,7 +1265,10 @@ class Mobject(object):
         return self.data["rgbas"][0, 3]
 
     def set_color_by_gradient(self, *colors: ManimColor):
-        self.set_submobject_colors_by_gradient(*colors)
+        if self.has_points():
+            self.set_color(colors)
+        else:
+            self.set_submobject_colors_by_gradient(*colors)
         return self
 
     def set_submobject_colors_by_gradient(self, *colors: ManimColor):