Delay commands In separate loops

Hello just letting you know, I am still new to a arduino and dont know everything,
I am trying to write code for a led light strip using arduino, I currently just have it use a IR remote to change to three colors, (red, green and blue, ill add more later) I want to add a option to have it flash colors at three different speeds, I tried using a function that switches between colors, but it gets stuck on it flashing, and you have to reset it all to change the mode.

Is there a way to run a loop (with delay commands) and then break the loop and return to void loop if you press a button on the remote?

here is what I have so far: (im using a arduino uno)

    //        IR Remote:        //
#include <IRremote.h>
#define IRPIN 6

    //    Variables:  //
String MODE = "NOT_SELECTED";


    /////IR button Pinout - <Name> <pin>/////

    //    RGB Colors:    //

#define RED 9
#define GREEN 10
#define BLUE 11

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  IrReceiver.begin(IRPIN);
  
  pinMode(RED, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(GREEN, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(BLUE, OUTPUT);
}

void loop() {
  
  if (IrReceiver.decode()) {
    Serial.println(IrReceiver.decodedIRData.command);
    IrReceiver.resume();
    int command = IrReceiver.decodedIRData.command;
    switch (command) {

    //        RED, GREEN, BLUE:       //
     case 12: {
        MODE = "RED";
        Serial.println(MODE);
        setColor(255, 0, 0);
        delay(20);
        break;
        }
        
      case 24: {
        MODE = "GREEN";
        Serial.println(MODE);
        setColor(0, 255, 0);
        delay(20);
        break;
        }
        
      case 94: {
        setColor(0, 0, 255);
        MODE = "BLUE";
        Serial.println(MODE);
        delay(20);
        break; 
      }

    //        WHITE:       //
       
      case 22: {
        setColor(255, 255, 255);
        MODE = "WHITE";
        Serial.println(MODE);
        delay(20);
        break; 
      }


    //        FLASH:       //

       case 8: {
        FLASH_SLOW();
        break;
        }
        
      case 28: {
        FLASH_MED();
        break;
        }
        
      case 90: {
        FLASH_FAST();
        break; 
      }
      
      default: {
        Serial.println(MODE);
      }
    }
  }
}

void setColor(int redValue, int greenValue, int blueValue) {
  analogWrite(RED, redValue);
  analogWrite(GREEN, greenValue);
  analogWrite(BLUE, blueValue);
}


//        FLASH:       //

 void FLASH_SLOW() {
  MODE = "FLASH_SLOW";
  
  while (MODE = "FLASH_SLOW") {
  setColor(0, 0, 255);
  delay(400);
  setColor(0, 255, 0);
  delay(400);
  setColor(255, 0, 0);
  delay(400);
  }
  
}

 void FLASH_MED() {
  MODE = "FLASH_MED";
  
  while (MODE = "FLASH_MED") {
  setColor(0, 0, 255);
  delay(300);
  setColor(0, 255, 0);
  delay(300);
  setColor(255, 0, 0);
  delay(300); 
  }

}

 void FLASH_FAST() {
  MODE = "FLASH_FAST";

  while (MODE = "FLASH_FAST") {
  setColor(0, 0, 255);
  delay(200);
  setColor(0, 255, 0);
  delay(200);
  setColor(255, 0, 0);
  delay(200); 
  }
  
}

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