setcolor() function

Declaration of setcolor() function

void setcolor(int color);

In Turbo Graphics each color is assigned a number. Total 16 colors are available. Strictly speaking number of available colors depends on current graphics mode and driver. For Example:- BLACK is assigned 0, RED is assigned 4 etc. setcolor function is used to change the current drawing color .e.g. setcolor(RED) or setcolor(4) changes the current drawing color to RED. Remember that default drawing color is WHITE.

C programming code for setcolor()

#include<graphics.h> 
#include<conio.h>
main()
{
	int gd = DETECT, gm; 
	initgraph(&gd,&gm,"C:\\ TurboC3\\BGI");
	circle(100,100,50);			/* drawn in white color */        			
	setcolor(RED);
	circle(200,200,50);			/* drawn in red color */
	getch(); 
	closegraph(); 
	return 0;
}