diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
index 3fb20fbb..17dcca11 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/mobject.py
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class Mobject(object):
 
         self.refresh_has_updater_status()
         if call_updater:
-            self.update()
+            self.update(dt=0)
         return self
 
     def remove_updater(self, update_function):
@@ -841,7 +841,30 @@ class Mobject(object):
 
     # Color functions
 
-    def set_rgba_array(self, color=None, opacity=None, name="rgbas", recurse=True):
+    def set_rgba_array(self, rgba_array, name="rgbas", recurse=False):
+        for mob in self.get_family(recurse):
+            mob.data[name] = np.array(rgba_array)
+        return self
+
+    def set_color_by_rgba_func(self, func, recurse=True):
+        """
+        Func should take in a point in R3 and output an rgba value
+        """
+        for mob in self.get_family(recurse):
+            rgba_array = [func(point) for point in mob.get_points()]
+            mob.set_rgba_array(rgba_array)
+        return self
+
+    def set_color_by_rgb_func(self, func, opacity=1, recurse=True):
+        """
+        Func should take in a point in R3 and output an rgb value
+        """
+        for mob in self.get_family(recurse):
+            rgba_array = [[*func(point), opacity] for point in mob.get_points()]
+            mob.set_rgba_array(rgba_array)
+        return self
+
+    def set_rgba_array_by_color(self, color=None, opacity=None, name="rgbas", recurse=True):
         if color is not None:
             rgbs = np.array([color_to_rgb(c) for c in listify(color)])
         if opacity is not None:
@@ -870,8 +893,8 @@ class Mobject(object):
         return self
 
     def set_color(self, color, opacity=None, recurse=True):
-        self.set_rgba_array(color, opacity, recurse=False)
-        # Recurse to submobjects differently from how set_rgba_array
+        self.set_rgba_array_by_color(color, opacity, recurse=False)
+        # Recurse to submobjects differently from how set_rgba_array_by_color
         # in case they implement set_color differently
         if recurse:
             for submob in self.submobjects:
@@ -879,7 +902,7 @@ class Mobject(object):
         return self
 
     def set_opacity(self, opacity, recurse=True):
-        self.set_rgba_array(color=None, opacity=opacity, recurse=False)
+        self.set_rgba_array_by_color(color=None, opacity=opacity, recurse=False)
         if recurse:
             for submob in self.submobjects:
                 submob.set_opacity(opacity, recurse=True)
diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
index 5ffbda37..874047ce 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
@@ -106,24 +106,42 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
         self.set_flat_stroke(self.flat_stroke)
         return self
 
+    def set_rgba_array(self, rgba_array, name=None, recurse=False):
+        if name is None:
+            names = ["fill_rgba", "stroke_rgba"]
+        else:
+            names = [name]
+
+        for name in names:
+            super().set_rgba_array(rgba_array, name, recurse)
+        return self
+
     def set_fill(self, color=None, opacity=None, recurse=True):
-        self.set_rgba_array(color, opacity, 'fill_rgba', recurse)
+        self.set_rgba_array_by_color(color, opacity, 'fill_rgba', recurse)
         return self
 
     def set_stroke(self, color=None, width=None, opacity=None, background=None, recurse=True):
-        self.set_rgba_array(color, opacity, 'stroke_rgba', recurse)
+        self.set_rgba_array_by_color(color, opacity, 'stroke_rgba', recurse)
 
         if width is not None:
             for mob in self.get_family(recurse):
-                mob.data['stroke_width'] = np.array([
-                    [width] for width in listify(width)
-                ])
+                if isinstance(width, np.ndarray):
+                    arr = width.reshape((len(width), 1))
+                else:
+                    arr = np.array([[w] for w in listify(width)])
+                mob.data['stroke_width'] = arr
 
         if background is not None:
             for mob in self.get_family(recurse):
                 mob.draw_stroke_behind_fill = background
         return self
 
+    def align_stroke_width_data_to_points(self, recurse=True):
+        for mob in self.get_family(recurse):
+            mob.data["stroke_width"] = resize_with_interpolation(
+                mob.data["stroke_width"], len(mob.get_points())
+            )
+
     def set_style(self,
                   fill_color=None,
                   fill_opacity=None,
@@ -259,7 +277,7 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
         return self.get_fill_color()
 
     def has_stroke(self):
-        return any(self.get_stroke_widths()) and any(self.get_stroke_opacities())
+        return self.get_stroke_widths().any() and self.get_stroke_opacities().any()
 
     def has_fill(self):
         return any(self.get_fill_opacities())