# Imagick::colorizeImage

(PECL imagick 2.0.0)

Imagick::colorizeImage — Blends the fill color with the image

### Description

Imagick::colorizeImage ( mixed `$colorize` , mixed `$opacity` [, bool `$legacy` = `FALSE` ] ) : bool

Blends the fill color with each pixel in the image.

### Parameters

`colorize`

  ImagickPixel object or a string containing the colorize color

`opacity`

  ImagickPixel object or an float containing the opacity value. 1.0 is fully opaque and 0.0 is fully transparent.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success.

### Errors/Exceptions

Throws ImagickException on error.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
PECL imagick 2.1.0 | Now allows a string representing the color as the first parameter and a float representing the opacity value as the second parameter. Previous versions allow only an ImagickPixel objects.

### Examples

Example #1 Imagick::colorizeImage()

`<?php
function colorizeImage($imagePath, $color, $opacity) {
$imagick = new \Imagick(realpath($imagePath));
$opacity = $opacity / 255.0;
$opacityColor = new \ImagickPixel("rgba(0, 0, 0, $opacity)");
$imagick->colorizeImage($color, $opacityColor);
header("Content-Type: image/jpg");
echo $imagick->getImageBlob();
}
?>`