# ImagickPixel::setColor

(PECL imagick 2.0.0)

ImagickPixel::setColor — Sets the color

### Description

ImagickPixel::setColor ( string `$color` ) : bool
Warning

This function is currently not documented; only its argument list is available.

Sets the color described by the ImagickPixel object, with a string (e.g. "blue", "#0000ff", "rgb(0,0,255)", "cmyk(100,100,100,10)", etc.).

### Parameters

`color`

  The color definition to use in order to initialise the ImagickPixel object.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` if the specified color was set, `FALSE` otherwise.

### Examples

Example #1 ImagickPixel::setColor()

`<?php
function setColor() {
$draw = new \ImagickDraw();
$strokeColor = new \ImagickPixel('green');
$fillColor = new \ImagickPixel();
$fillColor->setColor('rgba(100%, 75%, 0%, 1.0)');
$draw->setstrokewidth(3.0);
$draw->setStrokeColor($strokeColor);
$draw->setFillColor($fillColor);
$draw->rectangle(200, 200, 300, 300);
$image = new \Imagick();
$image->newImage(500, 500, "SteelBlue2");
$image->setImageFormat("png");
$image->drawImage($draw);
header("Content-Type: image/png");
echo $image->getImageBlob();
}
?>`