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(PHP 3 >= 3.0.2, PHP 4, PHP 5)
This function is guaranteed to return a color index for a requested color, either the exact color or the closest possible alternative.
If you created the image from a file, only colors used in the image are resolved. Colors present only in the pallete are not resolved.
See also imagecolorclosest().