Tinting/Colorizing a MovieClip in AS3

This task is one I seem to be doing repeatedly, so here is a snippet for all the world to enjoy.

import flash.geom.ColorTransform;
 
private function tint(c:Number, obj:*) {
			var myColor:ColorTransform  =  obj.transform.colorTransform;
				myColor.color = c;
				obj.transform.colorTransform = myColor;
		}
 
 
tint(0xffcc00, myMovieClip);