Unless a canvas is created based on an already existing image, creating an image with %imagecreate()% will not have any colors in its palette Adding colors can be done in a number of different ways using the following function family: %imagecolorallocate()% - Allocate a new color in the palette %imagecolorexact()% - Attempt to find the specified color in an existing palette %imagecolorclosest()% - Provide the closest match to the specified color