Symbol Colors

Symbol Colors

barcolor

Color of the bars or dark modules, either as a hex RRGGBB value or a hex CCMMYYKK value or a predefined color name beginning with "_".

backgroundcolor

Color of the light background or light modules, either as a hex RRGGBB value or a hex CCMMYYKK value or a predefined color name beginning with "_".

bordercolor

Color of the border, either as a hex RRGGBB value or a hex CCMMYYKK value or a predefined color name beginning with "_".

textcolor

Color of the respective component, either as a hex RRGGBB value or a hex CCMMYYKK value or a predefined color name beginning with "_".

extratextcolor

The colour of any extra text can be set using the extratextcolor option that functions the same as its textcolor analogue.

Named colors

For information about advanced use of colors (separations, non-standard colour spaces, etc.) read the article on named colors.

Examples

Colorized Code 11 symbol using the RGB colour space:

Data:    0123456789
Options: includetext barcolor=AA0000 textcolor=008888 backgroundcolor=FFFF60 showborder bordercolor=0000FF textyoffset=-8
Encoder: code11

Colorized Code 11 symbol using the CMYK colour space:

Data:    0123456789
Options: includetext barcolor=AA000000 textcolor=00888844 backgroundcolor=CCCC6000 showborder bordercolor=00FF0088
Encoder: code11