From 2d737cf2ecf75e848a5d177c6a8132a11d74ed29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "E. McConville" <emcconville@emcconville.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 19:58:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed Image.background_color when image not loaded

---
 docs/changes.rst |  1 +
 wand/image.py    | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/changes.rst b/docs/changes.rst
index 93330d6f..c5d9783b 100644
--- a/docs/changes.rst
+++ b/docs/changes.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Unreleased.
  - Added :meth:`Image.image_set() <wand.image.Image.image_set>` method.
  - Added :meth:`Image.image_swap() <wand.image.Image.image_swap>` method.
  - Fixed sub-image extraction on read. [:issue:`532`]
+ - Fixed :attr:`~wand.image.BaseImage.background_color` attribute when image was not read.
  - [DOC] Completed :doc:`Distortion <./guide/distortion>` guide. [:issue:`534`]
  - [DOC] Added :doc:`Morphology <./guide/morphology>` guide.
 
diff --git a/wand/image.py b/wand/image.py
index 3cfdaf65..2671f081 100644
--- a/wand/image.py
+++ b/wand/image.py
@@ -1476,9 +1476,15 @@ def background_color(self):
 
         .. versionadded:: 0.1.9
 
+        .. versionchanged:: 0.6.7
+           Allow property to be set before image read.
         """
         pixel = library.NewPixelWand()
-        result = library.MagickGetImageBackgroundColor(self.wand, pixel)
+        if library.MagickGetNumberImages(self.wand):
+            result = library.MagickGetImageBackgroundColor(self.wand, pixel)
+        else:
+            pixel = library.MagickGetBackgroundColor(self.wand)
+            result = True
         if not result:  # pragma: no cover
             self.raise_exception()
         else:
@@ -1493,10 +1499,12 @@ def background_color(self, color):
             color = Color(color)
         assertions.assert_color(color=color)
         with color:
-            result = library.MagickSetImageBackgroundColor(self.wand,
-                                                           color.resource)
-            if not result:  # pragma: no cover
-                self.raise_exception()
+            # Only set the image background if an image was loaded.
+            if library.MagickGetNumberImages(self.wand):
+                result = library.MagickSetImageBackgroundColor(self.wand,
+                                                               color.resource)
+                if not result:  # pragma: no cover
+                    self.raise_exception()
             # Also set the image stack.
             result = library.MagickSetBackgroundColor(self.wand,
                                                       color.resource)