Unity UI C# Change Text Color Over Time

C# script to change color of text over time from given Gradient.

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.UI; 
  
// ? 2017 TheFlyingKeyboard and released under MIT License
// theflyingkeyboard.net

public class ChangeTextColorOverTime : MonoBehaviour { 
    [SerializeField] private Gradient colorOverTime; 
    [SerializeField] private float timeMultiplier = 0.5f; 
  
    [SerializeField] private Text textToUse; 
    [SerializeField] private bool useThisText = false; 
  
    [SerializeField] private bool changeColor = false; 
    [SerializeField] private bool goBack = false; 
  
    private float currentTimeStep; 
  
    private void Start() 
    { 
        if (useThisText) 
        { 
            textToUse = GetComponent<Text>(); 
        } 
  
        if (changeColor) 
        { 
            StartChangingColor(textToUse, colorOverTime, timeMultiplier); 
        } 
    } 
  
    private IEnumerator ChangeTextColor(Text newText, Gradient newGradient, float timeSpeed) 
    { 
        while (true) 
        { 
            if (goBack) 
            { 
                currentTimeStep = Mathf.PingPong(Time.time * timeSpeed, 1); 
            } 
            else 
            { 
                currentTimeStep = Mathf.Repeat(Time.time * timeSpeed, 1); 
            } 
  
            newText.color = newGradient.Evaluate(currentTimeStep); 
  
            yield return null; 
        } 
    } 
  
    public void StartChangingColor(Text newText = null, Gradient newGradient = null, float timeSpeed = -1.0f) 
    { 
        if (newText != null && newGradient != null && timeSpeed > 0.0f) 
        { 
            StartCoroutine(ChangeTextColor(newText, newGradient, timeSpeed)); 
        } 
        else if(newText != null && newGradient != null) 
        { 
            StartCoroutine(ChangeTextColor(newText, newGradient, timeMultiplier)); 
        } 
        else if(newGradient != null && timeSpeed > 0.0f) 
        { 
            StartCoroutine(ChangeTextColor(textToUse, newGradient, timeSpeed)); 
        } 
        else if (newText != null && timeSpeed > 0.0f) 
        { 
            StartCoroutine(ChangeTextColor(newText, colorOverTime, timeSpeed)); 
        }else if(newText != null) 
        { 
            StartCoroutine(ChangeTextColor(newText, colorOverTime, timeMultiplier)); 
        }else if(newGradient != null) 
        { 
            StartCoroutine(ChangeTextColor(textToUse, newGradient, timeMultiplier)); 
        }else if(timeSpeed > 0.0f) 
        { 
            StartCoroutine(ChangeTextColor(textToUse, colorOverTime, timeSpeed)); 
        } 
    } 
  
    public void StopChangingColor() 
    { 
        StopCoroutine(ChangeTextColor(textToUse, colorOverTime, timeMultiplier)); 
    }
}