Wand colorize() function – Python

Colorized Image refers to image that is blended with a particular color. In order to generate a colorized image we use colorize() function in python Wand. colorize() function blends an image with a constant color. It takes two parameters color and alpha.

Syntax :

wand.image.colorize(color, alpha)

Parameters :

Parameter	Input Type	Description
color	wand.color.Color	Color to paint image with.
alpha	wand.color.Color	Defines how to blend color.

Source Image:

Example 1:

# import Image with wand.image module
from wand.image import Image

# read image using Image() function
with Image(filename ="koala.jpeg") as img:
    # generate colorized image
    img.colorize(color ="yellow", alpha ="rgb(10 %, 0 %, 20 %)")
    img.save(filename ="colorizedkoala.jpeg")

Output:

Example 2:
Increase value of alpha.

from wand.image import Image

# read image using Image() function
with Image(filename ="koala.jpeg") as img:
    # generate colorized image
    img.colorize(color ="yellow", alpha ="rgb(25 %, 0 %, 20 %)")
    img.save(filename ="colorizedkoala2.jpeg")

Output: