Usage: GD::Image::colorAllocate(image, r, g, b) at /home/hesco/sb/GD-Graph-Thermometer/lib/GD/Graph/Thermometer.pm line 133.

##</code><code>##

package GD::Graph::Thermometer;

use warnings;
use strict;
use Carp;
use GD;
use GD::Text::Align;
use Data::Dumper;
use constant PI => 3.14;

sub new {
  my $self = shift;
  my $args = shift;

  .  .  .  

  my $image = new GD::Image($args->{width},$args->{height});
  my $colors = $self->_define_colors($image, {
       background_color => $args->{'background_color'},
          outline_color => $args->{'outline_color'},
             text_color => $args->{'text_color'},
          mercury_color => $args->{'mercury_color'}
       });

  .  .  .  

  return;
}

sub _define_colors {
  my $self = shift;
  my $image = shift;
  my $custom_colors = shift;

  print STDERR Dumper($self,$image,$custom_colors);

  .  .  .  

  my $text_color;
  if (defined($custom_colors->{text_color})) {
    $text_color = $image->colorAllocate($custom_colors->{text_color});
  } else {
    $text_color = $self->_black($image);
  }

  .  .  .  

  return $colors;
}

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use lib qw{/home/hesco/sb/GD-Graph-Thermometer/lib};
use GD::Graph::Thermometer;

my $result = GD::Graph::Thermometer->new({
             image_path => '/home/hesco/GD-Thermometer.png',
                   goal => '80000',
                current => '50000',
                  title => 'Funding the League in 2007 ($)',
                  width => '100',
                 height => '200',
#       background_color => '',
             text_color => [0,0,255],
#          outline_color => '',
#          mercury_color => ''
    });

1;

##</code><code>##

$ ./render_thermometer.pl
$VAR1 = 'GD::Graph::Thermometer';
$VAR2 = bless( do{\(my $o = 137557384)}, 'GD::Image' );
$VAR3 = {
          'mercury_color' => undef,
          'background_color' => undef,
          'outline_color' => undef,
          'text_color' => [
                            0,
                            0,
                            255
                          ]
        };
Usage: GD::Image::colorAllocate(image, r, g, b) at /home/hesco/sb/GD-Graph-Thermometer/lib/GD/Graph/Thermometer.pm line 133.

##</code><code>##

Not an ARRAY reference at /home/hesco/sb/GD-Graph-Thermometer/lib/GD/Graph/Thermometer.pm line 133.

##</code><code>##

  my $text_color;
  if (defined($custom_colors->{text_color})) {
    $text_color = $image->colorAllocate(
        $custom_colors->{text_color}[0],
        $custom_colors->{text_color}[1],
        $custom_colors->{text_color}[2]
      );
  } else {
    $text_color = $self->_black($image);
  }