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94<p class="text-center"><a href="colorspace.html#GetImageColorspaceType">GetImageColorspaceType</a> &#8226; <a href="colorspace.html#SetImageColorspace">SetImageColorspace</a> &#8226; <a href="colorspace.html#SetImageGray">SetImageGray</a> &#8226; <a href="colorspace.html#SetImageMonochrome">SetImageMonochrome</a> &#8226; <a href="colorspace.html#TransformImageColorspace">TransformImageColorspace</a></p>
95
96<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/colorspace_8c.html" id="GetImageColorspaceType">GetImageColorspaceType</a></h2>
97
98<p>GetImageColorspaceType() returns the potential type of image: sRGBColorspaceType, RGBColorspaceType, GRAYColorspaceType, etc.</p>
99
100<p>To ensure the image type matches its potential, use SetImageColorspaceType():</p>
101
102<pre class="text">
103    (void) SetImageColorspaceType(image,GetImageColorspaceType(image),
104exception);
105</pre>
106
107<p>The format of the GetImageColorspaceType method is:</p>
108
109<pre class="text">
110ColorspaceType GetImageColorspaceType(const Image *image,
111  ExceptionInfo *exception)
112</pre>
113
114<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
115
116<dd>
117</dd>
118
119<dd> </dd>
120<dl class="dl-horizontal">
121<dt>image</dt>
122<dd>the image. </dd>
123
124<dd> </dd>
125<dt>exception</dt>
126<dd>return any errors or warnings in this structure. </dd>
127
128<dd>  </dd>
129</dl>
130<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/colorspace_8c.html" id="SetImageColorspace">SetImageColorspace</a></h2>
131
132<p>SetImageColorspace() sets the colorspace member of the Image structure.</p>
133
134<p>The format of the SetImageColorspace method is:</p>
135
136<pre class="text">
137MagickBooleanType SetImageColorspace(Image *image,
138  const ColorspaceType colorspace,ExceptiionInfo *exception)
139</pre>
140
141<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
142
143<dd>
144</dd>
145
146<dd> </dd>
147<dl class="dl-horizontal">
148<dt>image</dt>
149<dd>the image. </dd>
150
151<dd> </dd>
152<dt>colorspace</dt>
153<dd>the colorspace. </dd>
154
155<dd> </dd>
156<dt>exception</dt>
157<dd>return any errors or warnings in this structure. </dd>
158
159<dd>  </dd>
160</dl>
161<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/colorspace_8c.html" id="SetImageGray">SetImageGray</a></h2>
162
163<p>SetImageGray() returns MagickTrue if all the pixels in the image have the same red, green, and blue intensities and changes the type of the image to bi-level or grayscale.</p>
164
165<p>The format of the SetImageGray method is:</p>
166
167<pre class="text">
168MagickBooleanType SetImageGray(const Image *image,
169  ExceptionInfo *exception)
170</pre>
171
172<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
173
174<dd>
175</dd>
176
177<dd> </dd>
178<dl class="dl-horizontal">
179<dt>image</dt>
180<dd>the image. </dd>
181
182<dd> </dd>
183<dt>exception</dt>
184<dd>return any errors or warnings in this structure. </dd>
185
186<dd>  </dd>
187</dl>
188<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/colorspace_8c.html" id="SetImageMonochrome">SetImageMonochrome</a></h2>
189
190<p>SetImageMonochrome() returns MagickTrue if all the pixels in the image have the same red, green, and blue intensities and the intensity is either 0 or QuantumRange and changes the type of the image to bi-level.</p>
191
192<p>The format of the SetImageMonochrome method is:</p>
193
194<pre class="text">
195MagickBooleanType SetImageMonochrome(Image *image,
196  ExceptionInfo *exception)
197</pre>
198
199<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
200
201<dd>
202</dd>
203
204<dd> </dd>
205<dl class="dl-horizontal">
206<dt>image</dt>
207<dd>the image. </dd>
208
209<dd> </dd>
210<dt>exception</dt>
211<dd>return any errors or warnings in this structure. </dd>
212
213<dd>  </dd>
214</dl>
215<h2><a href="../../api/MagickCore/colorspace_8c.html" id="TransformImageColorspace">TransformImageColorspace</a></h2>
216
217<p>TransformImageColorspace() transforms an image colorspace, changing the image data to reflect the new colorspace.</p>
218
219<p>The format of the TransformImageColorspace method is:</p>
220
221<pre class="text">
222MagickBooleanType TransformImageColorspace(Image *image,
223  const ColorspaceType colorspace,ExceptionInfo *exception)
224</pre>
225
226<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
227
228<dd>
229</dd>
230
231<dd> </dd>
232<dl class="dl-horizontal">
233<dt>image</dt>
234<dd>the image. </dd>
235
236<dd> </dd>
237<dt>colorspace</dt>
238<dd>the colorspace. </dd>
239
240<dd> </dd>
241<dt>exception</dt>
242<dd>return any errors or warnings in this structure. </dd>
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