How to fill OpenCV image with one solid color?

Question

How to fill OpenCV image with one solid color?

Answer 1

Create a new 640x480 image and fill it with purple (red+blue):

cv::Mat mat(480, 640, CV_8UC3, cv::Scalar(255,0,255));

Note:

• height before width
• type CV_8UC3 means 8-bit unsigned int, 3 channels
• colour format is BGR