getcolor function

getcolor function returns the current drawing color.
Declaration : int getcolor();
e.g. a = getcolor(); // a is an integer variable
if current drawing color is WHITE then a will be 15.
See colors in c graphics.

C programming code for getcolor

#include<graphics.h>
#include<conio.h>
 
main()
{
   int gd = DETECT, gm, drawing_color;
   char a[100];
 
   initgraph(&gd,&gm,"C:\\TC\\BGI");
 
   drawing_color = getcolor();
 
   sprintf(a,"Current drawing color = %d", drawing_color);
   outtextxy( 10, 10, a );
 
   getch();
   closegraph();
   return 0;
}