{"record":{"id":"4548d798f1bbfd4b","repo":"Intervention/image","slug":"failed-to-create-cmyk-color","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Failed to create CMYK color","messagePattern":"Failed to create CMYK color","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"Intervention\\Image\\Exceptions\\DriverException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"src/Drivers/Imagick/ColorProcessor.php","lineNumber":67,"sourceCode":"        return $this->colorspace;\n    }\n\n    /**\n     * @throws DriverException\n     */\n    public function export(ColorInterface $color): ImagickPixel\n    {\n        $color = $this->colorspace->importColor($color);\n\n        if ($this->colorspace instanceof Cmyk) {\n            try {\n                $pixel = new ImagickPixel();\n                $pixel->setColorValue(Imagick::COLOR_CYAN, $color->channel(Cyan::class)->normalized());\n                $pixel->setColorValue(Imagick::COLOR_MAGENTA, $color->channel(Magenta::class)->normalized());\n                $pixel->setColorValue(Imagick::COLOR_YELLOW, $color->channel(Yellow::class)->normalized());\n                $pixel->setColorValue(Imagick::COLOR_BLACK, $color->channel(Key::class)->normalized());\n            } catch (ImagickException | ImagickPixelException $e) {\n                throw new DriverException('Failed to create CMYK color', previous: $e);\n            }\n\n            return $pixel;\n        }\n\n        $color = $color->toColorspace(Rgb::class);\n\n        try {\n            return new ImagickPixel(\n                sprintf(\n                    \"srgba(%s, %s, %s, %s)\",\n                    $color->channel(Red::class)->value(),\n                    $color->channel(Green::class)->value(),\n                    $color->channel(Blue::class)->value(),\n                    $color->channel(Alpha::class)->toString(),\n                ),\n            );\n        } catch (ImagickException | ImagickPixelException $e) {","sourceCodeStart":49,"sourceCodeEnd":85,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/Intervention/image/blob/5598b9e39751c34afc5cdee84abef77f92c26f68/src/Drivers/Imagick/ColorProcessor.php#L49-L85","documentation":"The Imagick ColorProcessor's export() builds an ImagickPixel for CMYK by setting the four channel values with setColorValue(); ImagickException/ImagickPixelException from those calls is wrapped as DriverException('Failed to create CMYK color'). The channels come from your Cmyk color normalized to 0..1, so failures trace to out-of-range or NaN values (channels constructed beyond 0-100) or an ImageMagick build with broken CMYK support.","triggerScenarios":"Building Cmyk colors with channels outside 0-100 (unclamped math, decoded CMYK JPEGs with overshooting values) and using them for fill/text on a CMYK image; NaN channels produced by division-by-zero colorspace math.","commonSituations":"Print workflows constructing CMYK programmatically; hand-rolled RGB-to-CMYK formulas whose output exceeds gamut; older ImageMagick builds without full CMYK support.","solutions":["Clamp C/M/Y/K channels to 0-100 before constructing the color so normalized() stays within 0..1.","Prefer letting the library convert colors (e.g. $color->toColorspace(Cmyk\\Colorspace::class)) instead of building raw CMYK values.","If every CMYK operation fails, verify the ImageMagick build handles CMYK (convert logo: -colorspace CMYK info:) and rebuild/reinstall it."],"exampleFix":"// before\n$color = new \\Intervention\\Image\\Colors\\Cmyk\\Color(120, -10, 50, 30); // channels outside 0-100\n\n// after: clamp each channel into the valid 0-100 range\n$c = fn (int $v): int => max(0, min(100, $v));\n$color = new \\Intervention\\Image\\Colors\\Cmyk\\Color($c(120), $c(-10), 50, 30);","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"// keep CMYK channels inside 0-100 so normalized() stays in 0..1\n$c = fn (int $v): int => max(0, min(100, $v));\n$color = new \\Intervention\\Image\\Colors\\Cmyk\\Color($c($cyan), $c($magenta), $c($yellow), $c($key));","typeGuard":"function clampChannel(int $value, int $min = 0, int $max = 100): int\n{\n    return max($min, min($max, $value));\n}","tryCatchPattern":"try { $pixel = $processor->export($color); } catch (DriverException $e) { /* inspect chained ImagickPixelException; usually out-of-range channel values */ }","preventionTips":["Clamp channel values at construction, not at export time.","Prefer library colorspace conversions over hand-built CMYK values.","Unit-test boundary colors (all-0, all-100, overshoot) in print pipelines."],"tags":["imagick","cmyk","color","channel-value","out-of-range"],"backgroundTag":"invalid-color-value","analyzedSha":"5598b9e39751c34afc5cdee84abef77f92c26f68","analyzedAt":"2026-08-23T02:17:31.068Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-23T08:06:27.607Z"}