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# ps_makespotcolor

(PECL)

ps_makespotcolor -- Create spot color

## Description

int ps_makespotcolor ( resource psdoc, string name [, float reserved] )

Creates a spot color from the current fill color. The fill color must be defined in rgb, cmyk or gray colorspace. The spot color name can be an arbitrary name. A spot color can be set as any color with ps_setcolor(). When the document is not printed but displayed by an postscript viewer the given color in the specified color space is use.

## Parameters

psdoc

  Resource identifier of the postscript file as returned by ps_new().

name

  Name of the spot color, e.g. Pantone 5565.

## Return Values

The id of the new spot color or 0 in case of an error.

## Examples

Example 1. Creating and using a spot color
`<?php $ps = ps_new(); if (!ps_open_file($ps, "spotcolor.ps")) { print "Cannot open PostScript file\n"; exit; } ps_set_info($ps, "Creator", "spotcolor.php"); ps_set_info($ps, "Author", "Uwe Steinmann"); ps_set_info($ps, "Title", "Spot color example"); ps_begin_page($ps, 596, 842); ps_setcolor($ps, "fill", "cmyk", 0.37, 0.0, 0.34, 0.34); $spotcolor = ps_makespotcolor($ps, "PANTONE 5565 C", 0); ps_setcolor($ps, "fill", "spot", $spotcolor, 0.5, 0.0, 0.0); ps_moveto($ps, 100, 100); ps_lineto($ps, 100, 200); ps_lineto($ps, 200, 200); ps_lineto($ps, 200, 100); ps_lineto($ps, 100, 100); ps_fill($ps); ps_end_page($ps); ps_delete($ps); ?>`
This example creates the spot color "PANTONE 5565 C" which is a darker green (olive) and fills a rectangle with 50% intensity.

## See Also

ps_setcolor()

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