Aquileo | HTML canvas addColorStop() Method

The addColorStop() method is used to specify the color and its position in the gradient object. Syntax:

gradient.addColorStop(stop, color);

Parameters:

stop: It is a value between 0.0 and 1.0 that represents the position to be hold between start and end in a gradient.
color: It is the color value to be displayed at the stop position.

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>
        HTML canvas addColorStop() Method
    </title>
</head>

<body style="text-align:left;">
    
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    
    <h2>HTML canvas addColorStop() Method</h2>
    
    <canvas id="GFG" width="500" height="200"
    style="border:2px solid" >
    </canvas>
    
    <script>
        var doc_id = document.getElementById("GFG");
        var context = doc_id.getContext("2d");


// Create gradient
var grad = context.createLinearGradient(0, 0, doc_id.width, 0);
grad.addColorStop("0", "green");
grad.addColorStop("0.5", "white");
grad.addColorStop("1.0", "green");
// Fill with gradient
context.fillStyle = grad;
context.fillRect(100, 50, 100, 100);
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by HTML canvas addColorStop() Method are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer 9.0
Firefox
Safari
Opera

HTML canvas addColorStop() Method

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