my %color = ( lavender => $im->colorAllocate(230,230,255), lightblue => $im->colorAllocate(173,216,230), honeydew => $im->colorAllocate(240,255,240) ); while (@ary) { my $genecolor= coloring (); $im->filledRectangle($X1,$Y1-20,$X2,$Y2,$color{$genecolor}); #### sub coloring{ my @color= @{$_[0]}; my $color_no=int(rand(scalar @color)); return $color[$color_no]; } #### my %color = ( lavender => $im->colorAllocate(230,230,255), lightblue => $im->colorAllocate(173,216,230), honeydew => $im->colorAllocate(240,255,240) ); for (@ary) { my $genecolor= coloring ([keys %color]); $im->filledRectangle($X1,$Y1-20,$X2,$Y2,$color{$genecolor}); }