Python Opencv drawContour error

Question

It work, but my contour's color is black. How to change it to red or green?

    import numpy as np
    import cv2
    from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
    img = cv2.imread('1.jpg',0)
    img1 = cv2.imread('5.jpg',0)
    dest = cv2.subtract(img, img1)
    res = cv2.bitwise_not(dest)
    ret , threshold = cv2.threshold(res,0,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY+cv2.THRESH_OTSU)          
    cv2.namedWindow('thresimage', cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
    cv2.imshow('thresimage',threshold)
    _, contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(threshold,cv2.RETR_TREE,cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
    print "Number of contours detected %d -> "%len(contours)
    cv2.drawContours(threshold,contours,-1,(0,255,0),3)
    cv2.namedWindow('contour', cv2.WINDOW_NORMAL)
    cv2.imshow('contour',threshold)
    cv2.waitKey(0)
    cv2.destroyAllWindows()

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Kinght 金 · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07T04:50:08.990

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First:

contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(threshold,cv2.RETR_TREE,cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)[-2:]

Second

ret , threshold = cv2.threshold(res,0,255,cv2.THRESH_BINARY+cv2.THRESH_OTSU) 
# ...
cv2.drawContours(threshold,contours,-1,(0,255,0),3)

You draw in color (0,255,0) on binary threshed image, then it will always be the first element 0, that's black. You should convert gray to BGR first, then draw color.

canvas = cv2.cvtColor(threshold, cv2.COLOR_GRAY2BGR)
cv2.drawContours(canvas,contours,-1,(0,255,0),3)

edited Dec 07 '18 at 04:50

answered Dec 17 '17 at 12:36

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Thank you very much! It work, but i can't see the contours after draw it. – Bùi Chí Thanh Dec 18 '17 at 05:58
@BùiChíThanh Post your result, otherwise, we cannot diagnose it. – Kinght 金 Dec 18 '17 at 06:51

Python Opencv drawContour error

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