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 PlaceholderImage

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Create a placeholder image of a specified dimension

Contributed by: Arnoud Buzing

ResourceFunction["PlaceholderImage"][{width,height}]

creates a placeholder image with the specified dimensions.

ResourceFunction["PlaceholderImage"][{width,height},bgcolor]

creates a placeholder image with the specified dimensions and background color.

Details and Options

The font color is automatically chosen as either black or white depending on the background color.

Examples

Basic Examples (3) 

Create a standard placeholder image:

In[1]:=
ResourceFunction["PlaceholderImage"][{300, 200}]
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Create a placeholder image with a yellow background:

In[2]:=
ResourceFunction["PlaceholderImage"][{300, 200}, Yellow]
Out[2]=

Create a placeholder image with a brown background:

In[3]:=
ResourceFunction["PlaceholderImage"][{300, 200}, Brown]
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Publisher

Arnoud Buzing

Requirements

Wolfram Language 11.3 (March 2018) or above

Version History

  • 2.0.0 – 24 July 2020
  • 1.0.0 – 27 February 2019

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