Thank you Dan and thank you for monitoring these boards like you do and being so damn good at actionscript.
I did a slight mod for the y rotation and different rotation values but it worked perfectly.
color1 = [255,255,255,255]; // white + alpha
color2 = [87,110,163,255]; // shade of blue + alpha
r = transform.yRotation;
if (r < -90) color2/255 else color1/255