Inkplate 6COLOR – Drawing colorful shapes

Colorful Shapes Example

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See all available colors and their values here.

Geometric Shapes output on display

# Let's draw some shapes!
# This example will draw shapes around the upper left corner, and then rotate the screen
# This creates a symmetrical-looking pattern of various shapes
for r in range(4):

    # Sets the screen rotation
    display.setRotation(r)

    # Drawing objects
    inkplate.drawPixel(100, 100, inkplate.BLACK)
    inkplate.drawRect(50, 50, 75, 75, inkplate.GREEN)
    inkplate.fillRect(50, 50, 50, 60, inkplate.GREEN)
    inkplate.drawCircle(200, 200, 30, inkplate.BLUE)
    inkplate.fillCircle(200, 200, 15, inkplate.BLUE)
    inkplate.fillCircle(300, 300, 30, inkplate.RED)
    inkplate.drawFastHLine(20, 100, 50, inkplate.BLACK)
    inkplate.drawFastVLine(100, 20, 50, inkplate.ORANGE)
    inkplate.drawLine(100, 100, 400, 400, inkplate.ORANGE)
    inkplate.drawRoundRect(100, 10, 100, 100, 10, inkplate.BLACK)
    inkplate.fillRoundRect(10, 100, 100, 100, 10, inkplate.ORANGE)
    inkplate.fillRoundRect(35, 125, 50, 50, 10, inkplate.BLACK)
    inkplate.drawTriangle(300, 100, 400, 150, 400, 100, inkplate.BLACK)
    inkplate.fillTriangle(350, 100, 400, 175, 400, 100, inkplate.YELLOW)

# Reset the rotation
display.setRotation(0)

# Show on the display
display.display()

inkplate.setRotation()

Sets the rotation of the screen, adjusting the (x, y) coordinate origin point

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x	Value from 0 to 3 (1 rotates by 90 degrees, 2 by 180 degrees, 3 by 270 degrees, 0 is default rotation)

inkplate.drawPixel()

Sets pixel data on given (x, y) position

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x	X coordinate
int	y	Y coordinate
int	c	Pixel color

inkplate.drawRect()

Function to draw a rectangle

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x	X coordinate
int	y	Y coordinate
int	width	Rectangle width
int	height	Rectangle height
int	c	Rectangle color

inkplate.drawCircle()

Function to draw a circle

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x	X coordinate
int	y	Y coordinate
int	r	Circle radius
int	c	Circle color

inkplate.fillCircle()

Function to draw a filled circle with specified color

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x	X coordinate
int	y	Y coordinate
int	r	Circle radius
int	c	Circle fill color

inkplate.drawFastHLine()

Function to draw a horizontal line

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x	X start coordinate
int	y	Y start coordinate
int	width	Line width to set how many pixels to draw
int	c	Line color

inkplate.drawFastVLine()

Function to draw a vertical line

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x	X coordinate
int	y	Y coordinate
int	width	Line width to set how many pixels to draw
int	c	Line color

inkplate.drawLine()

Function to draw a line from start to end

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x0	X coordinate for first point
int	y0	Y coordinate for first point
int	x1	X coordinate for second point
int	y1	Y coordinate for second point
int	width	Line width
int	c	Line color

inkplate.drawRoundRect()

Function to draw a rectangle with rounded edges

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x	X coordinate
int	y	Y coordinate
int	width	Rectangle width
int	height	Rectangle height
int	radius	Border radius
int	c	Rectangle color

inkplate.fillRoundRect()

Function to draw a rounded rectangled filled with specified color

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x	X coordinate
int	y	Y coordinate
int	width	Rectangle width
int	height	Rectangle height
int	radius	Border radius
int	c	Rectangle color

inkplate.drawTriangle()

Function to draw a triangle

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x0	X coordinate for first point
int	y0	Y coordinate for first point
int	x1	X coordinate for second point
int	y1	Y coordinate for second point
int	x2	X coordinate for third point
int	y2	Y coordinate for third point
int	c	Triangle color

inkplate.fillTriangle()

Function to draw a triangle filled with specified color

Returns value: None

Function parameters:

Type	Name	Description
int	x0	X coordinate for first point
int	y0	Y coordinate for first point
int	x1	X coordinate for second point
int	y1	Y coordinate for second point
int	x2	X coordinate for third point
int	y2	Y coordinate for third point
int	c	Triangle fill color