How to Set the Color of HTML5 Canvas Text

In this article I have described how to set the color of Canvas Text in HTML5.
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Canvas Text color in HTML5

  • Canvas element has a property to set the color of text in HTML5.
  • With the help of this properties we can set the color of canvas text.
  • This property in known as as "fillstyle" property of canvas context.

Syntax

The syntax to set the property of canvas element

<script>

    context.fillStyle = 'red';

</script>

 Lets take an Example

<!DOCTYPE HTML>

<html>

  <head>

    <script>

        window.onload = function () {

            var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");

            var context = canvas.getContext("2d");

            context.font = "40pt Verdana";

            context.fillStyle = "green";

            context.fillText("Welcome", 150, 200);

        };

 

    </script>

  </head>

  <body>

    <canvas id="myCanvas" width="578" height="200"></canvas>

  </body>

</html>

 OUTPUT

 can clr.jpg

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