# color_histogram.rb

    #!/usr/bin/ruby1.9.1 -w

    require 'RMagick'

    NUM_COLORS = 256
    HIST_HEIGHT = 200

    img = Magick::Image.read('images/Hot_Air_Balloons_H.jpg').first
    img = img.quantize(NUM_COLORS)

    hist = img.color_histogram

    # sort pixels by increasing count
    pixels = hist.keys.sort_by {|pixel| hist[pixel] }

    scale = HIST_HEIGHT / (hist.values.max*1.025)   # put 2.5% air at the top

    gc = Magick::Draw.new
    gc.stroke_width(1)
    gc.affine(1, 0, 0, -scale, 0, HIST_HEIGHT)

    # handle images with fewer than NUM_COLORS colors
    start = NUM_COLORS - img.number_colors

    pixels.each { |pixel|
        gc.stroke(pixel.to_color)
        gc.line(start, 0, start, hist[pixel])
        start = start.succ
    }

    hatch = Magick::HatchFill.new("white", "gray95")
    canvas = Magick::Image.new(NUM_COLORS, HIST_HEIGHT, hatch)
    gc.draw(canvas)

    text = Magick::Draw.new
    text.annotate(canvas, 0, 0, 0, 20, "Color Frequency\nHistogram") {
        self.pointsize = 10
        self.gravity = Magick::NorthGravity
        self.stroke = 'transparent'
        }

    canvas.border!(1, 1, "white")
    canvas.border!(1, 1, "black")
    canvas.border!(3, 3, "white")
    canvas.write("color_histogram.gif")

    exit

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