I want to use this technique and change the SVG color, but so far I haven't been able to do so. I put this in the CSS, but my image is always black, no matter what.
My code:
.change-my-color {
fill: green;
}<svg>
<image class="change-my-color" xlink:href="https://svgur.com/i/AFM.svg" width="96" height="96" src="ppngfallback.png" />
</svg>You can't change the color of an image that way. If you load SVG as an image, you can't change how it is displayed using CSS or Javascript in the browser.
If you want to change your SVG image, you have to load it using <object>, <iframe> or using <svg> inline.
If you want to use the techniques in the page, you need the Modernizr library, where you can check for SVG support and conditionally display or not a fallback image. You can then inline your SVG and apply the styles you need.
See :
#time-3-icon {
fill: green;
}
.my-svg-alternate {
display: none;
}
.no-svg .my-svg-alternate {
display: block;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-image: url(image.png);
}<svg width="96px" height="96px" viewBox="0 0 512 512" enable-background="new 0 0 512 512" xml:space="preserve">
<path id="time-3-icon" d="M256,50C142.229,50,50,142.229,50,256c0,113.77,92.229,206,206,206c113.77,0,206-92.23,206-206
C462,142.229,369.77,50,256,50z M256,417c-88.977,0-161-72.008-161-161c0-88.979,72.008-161,161-161c88.977,0,161,72.007,161,161
C417,344.977,344.992,417,256,417z M382.816,265.785c1.711,0.297,2.961,1.781,2.961,3.518v0.093c0,1.72-1.223,3.188-2.914,3.505
c-37.093,6.938-124.97,21.35-134.613,21.35c-13.808,0-25-11.192-25-25c0-9.832,14.79-104.675,21.618-143.081
c0.274-1.542,1.615-2.669,3.181-2.669h0.008c1.709,0,3.164,1.243,3.431,2.932l18.933,119.904L382.816,265.785z"/>
</svg>
<image class="my-svg-alternate" width="96" height="96" src="ppngfallback.png" />You can inline your SVG, tag your fallback image with a class name (my-svg-alternate):
<svg width="96px" height="96px" viewBox="0 0 512 512" enable-background="new 0 0 512 512" xml:space="preserve">
<path id="time-3-icon" .../>
</svg>
<image class="my-svg-alternate" width="96" height="96" src="ppngfallback.png" />
And in CSS use the no-svg class from Modernizr (CDN: http://ajax.aspnetcdn.com/ajax/modernizr/modernizr-2.7.2.js ) to check for SVG support. If there is no SVG support the SVG block will be ignored and the image will be displayed, otherwise the image will be removed from the DOM tree (display: none):
.my-svg-alternate {
display: none;
}
.no-svg .my-svg-alternate {
display: block;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-image: url(image.png);
}
Then you can change the color of your inlined element:
#time-3-icon {
fill: green;
}
2020 answer
CSS Filter works on all current browsers
<img> tag.<img src="dotted-arrow.svg" class="filter-green"/>
For example, output for #00EE00 is
filter: invert(42%) sepia(93%) saturate(1352%) hue-rotate(87deg) brightness(119%) contrast(119%);
filter into this class. .filter-green{
filter: invert(48%) sepia(79%) saturate(2476%) hue-rotate(86deg) brightness(118%) contrast(119%);
}
To change the color of any SVG you can directly change the svg code by opening the svg file in any text editor. The code may look like the below code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- Generator: Adobe Illustrator 16.0.0, SVG Export Plug-In . SVG Version: 6.00 Build 0) -->
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
width="500px" height="500px" viewBox="0 0 500 500" enable-background="new 0 0 500 500" xml:space="preserve">
<g>
<path d="M114.26,436.584L99.023,483h301.953l-15.237-46.416H114.26z M161.629,474.404h-49.592l9.594-29.225h69.223
C181.113,454.921,171.371,464.663,161.629,474.404z"/>
/*Some more code goes on*/
</g>
</svg>
You can observe that there are some XML tags like path, circle, polygon etc. There you can add your own color with help of style attribute. Look at the below example
<path fill="#AB7C94" d="M114.26,436.584L99.023,483h301.953l-15.237-46.416H114.26z M161.629,474.404h-49.592l9.594-29.225h69.223
C181.113,454.921,171.371,464.663,161.629,474.404z"/>
Add the style attribute to all the tags so that you can get your SVG of your required color
Edit: As per Daniel's comment, we can use fill attribute directly instead of fill element inside style attribute
Only SVG with path information. you can't do that to the image.. as the path you can change stroke and fill information and you are done. like Illustrator
so: via CSS you can overwrite path fill value
path { fill: orange; }
but if you want more flexible way as you want to change it with a text when having some hovering effect going on.. use
path { fill: currentcolor; }
body {
background: #ddd;
text-align: center;
padding-top: 2em;
}
.parent {
width: 320px;
height: 50px;
display: block;
transition: all 0.3s;
cursor: pointer;
padding: 12px;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
/*** desired colors for children ***/
.parent{
color: #000;
background: #def;
}
.parent:hover{
color: #fff;
background: #85c1fc;
}
.parent span{
font-size: 18px;
margin-right: 8px;
font-weight: bold;
font-family: 'Helvetica';
line-height: 26px;
vertical-align: top;
}
.parent svg{
max-height: 26px;
width: auto;
display: inline;
}
/**** magic trick *****/
.parent svg path{
fill: currentcolor;
}<div class='parent'>
<span>TEXT WITH SVG</span>
<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="128" height="128" viewBox="0 0 32 32">
<path d="M30.148 5.588c-2.934-3.42-7.288-5.588-12.148-5.588-8.837 0-16 7.163-16 16s7.163 16 16 16c4.86 0 9.213-2.167 12.148-5.588l-10.148-10.412 10.148-10.412zM22 3.769c1.232 0 2.231 0.999 2.231 2.231s-0.999 2.231-2.231 2.231-2.231-0.999-2.231-2.231c0-1.232 0.999-2.231 2.231-2.231z"></path>
</svg>
</div>Added a test page - to color SVG via Filter settings:
E.G
filter: invert(0.5) sepia(1) saturate(5) hue-rotate(175deg)
Upload & Color your SVG - Jsfiddle
Took the idea from: https://blog.union.io/code/2017/08/10/img-svg-fill/
body{ overflow:hidden; }
.icon {
--size: 70px;
display: inline-block;
width: var(--size);
height: var(--size);
transition: .12s;
-webkit-mask-size: cover;
mask-size: cover;
}
.icon-bike {
background: black;
animation: 4s frames infinite linear;
-webkit-mask-image: url(https://image.flaticon.com/icons/svg/89/89139.svg);
mask-image: url(https://image.flaticon.com/icons/svg/89/89139.svg);
}
@keyframes frames {
0% { transform:translatex(100vw) }
25% { background: red; }
75% { background: lime; }
100% { transform:translatex(-100%) }
}<i class="icon icon-bike" style="--size:150px"></i>Note - SVG masks are not supported in Internet Explorer browsers
the easiest way would be to create a font out of the SVG using a service like https://icomoon.io/app/#/select or such. upload your SVG, click "generate font", include font files and css into your side and just use and style it like any other text. I always use it like this because it makes styling much easier.
EDIT: As mentioned in the article commented by @CodeMouse92 icon fonts mess up screen readers (and are possibly bad for SEO). So rather stick to the SVGs.
You can change SVG coloring with css if you use some tricks. I wrote a small script for that.
$('img.svg-changeable').each(function () {
var $e = $(this);
var imgURL = $e.prop('src');
$.get(imgURL, function (data) {
// Get the SVG tag, ignore the rest
var $svg = $(data).find('svg');
// change the color
$svg.find('path').attr('fill', '#000');
$e.prop('src', "data:image/svg+xml;base64," + window.btoa($svg.prop('outerHTML')));
});
});
the code above might not be working correctly, I've implemented this for elements with an svg background image which works nearly similar to this. But anyway you have to modify this script to fit your case. hope it helped.
To change color of SVG element I have found out a way while inspecting Google search box search icon below:
.search_icon {
color: red;
fill: currentColor;
display: inline-block;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
}<span class="search_icon">
<svg focusable="false" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M15.5 14h-.79l-.28-.27A6.471 6.471 0 0 0 16 9.5 6.5 6.5 0 1 0 9.5 16c1.61 0 3.09-.59 4.23-1.57l.27.28v.79l5 4.99L20.49 19l-4.99-5zm-6 0C7.01 14 5 11.99 5 9.5S7.01 5 9.5 5 14 7.01 14 9.5 11.99 14 9.5 14z"></path></svg>
</span>I have used span element with "display:inline-block", height, width and setting a particular style "color: red; fill: currentColor;" to that span tag which is inherited by the child svg element.
here the fast&furious way :)
body{
background-color: #deff05;
}
svg{
width: 30%;
height: auto;
}
svg path {
color:red;
fill: currentcolor;
}<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" id="Capa_1" x="0px" y="0px" viewBox="0 0 514.666 514.666"><path d="M514.666,210.489L257.333,99.353L0,210.489l45.933,19.837v123.939h30V243.282l33.052,14.274v107.678l4.807,4.453 c2.011,1.862,50.328,45.625,143.542,45.625c93.213,0,141.53-43.763,143.541-45.626l4.807-4.452V257.557L514.666,210.489z M257.333,132.031L439,210.489l-181.667,78.458L75.666,210.489L257.333,132.031z M375.681,351.432 c-13.205,9.572-53.167,33.881-118.348,33.881c-65.23,0-105.203-24.345-118.348-33.875v-80.925l118.348,51.112l118.348-51.111 V351.432z"></path></svg>The easy and effect way
open your .svg file with any text editor
<svg version="1.1" id="Capa_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
viewBox="0 0 477.526 477.526" style="enable-background:new 0 0 477.526 477.526;
fill: rgb(109, 248, 248);" xml:space="preserve">
<svg />
give an style attribute and fill that with color
fill with color in your shape here i have rect shape fill="white
<svg width="800" height="600" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
<g>
<title>background</title>
<rect fill="#fff" id="canvas_background" height="602" width="802" y="-1"
x="-1"/>
<g display="none" overflow="visible" y="0" x="0" height="100%" width="100%"
id="canvasGrid">
<rect fill="url(#gridpattern)" stroke-width="0" y="0" x="0" height="100%"
width="100%"/>
</g>
</g>
</svg>
Actually, there is a quite more flexible solution to this problem: writing a Web Component which will patch SVG as text in runtime. Also published in gist with a link to JSFiddle
👍 filter: invert(42%) sepia(93%) saturate(1352%) hue-rotate(87deg) brightness(119%) contrast(119%);
<html>
<head>
<title>SVG with color</title>
</head>
<body>
<script>
(function () {
const createSvg = (color = '#ff9933') => `
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1" width="76px" height="22px" viewBox="-0.5 -0.5 76 22">
<defs/>
<g>
<ellipse cx="5" cy="10" rx="5" ry="5" fill="#ff9933" stroke="none" pointer-events="all"/>
<ellipse cx="70" cy="10" rx="5" ry="5" fill="#ff9933" stroke="none" pointer-events="all"/>
<path d="M 9.47 12.24 L 17.24 16.12 Q 25 20 30 13 L 32.5 9.5 Q 35 6 40 9 L 42.5 10.5 Q 45 12 50 6 L 52.5 3 Q 55 0 60.73 3.23 L 66.46 6.46" fill="none" stroke="#ff9933" stroke-miterlimit="10" pointer-events="stroke"/>
</g>
</svg>`.split('#ff9933').join(color);
function SvgWithColor() {
const div = Reflect.construct(HTMLElement, [], SvgWithColor);
const color = div.hasAttribute('color') ? div.getAttribute('color') : 'cyan';
div.innerHTML = createSvg(color);
return div;
}
SvgWithColor.prototype = Object.create(HTMLElement.prototype);
customElements.define('svg-with-color', SvgWithColor);
document.body.innerHTML += `<svg-with-color
color='magenta'
></svg-with-color>`;
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
Use an svg <mask> element.
This is better than other solutions because:
<svg style="color: green; width: 96px; height: 96px" viewBox="0 0 100 100" preserveAspectRatio="none">
<defs>
<mask id="fillMask" x="0" y="0" width="100" height="100">
<image xlink:href="https://svgur.com/i/AFM.svg" x="0" y="0" width="100" height="100" src="ppngfallback.png" />
</mask>
</defs>
<rect x="0" y="0" width="100" height="100" style="stroke: none; fill: currentColor" mask="url("#fillMask")" />
</svg>A good approach is to use a mixin to control stroke colour and fill colour. My svgs are used as icons.
@mixin icon($color, $hoverColor) {
svg {
fill: $color;
circle, line, path {
fill: $color
}
&:hover {
fill: $hoverColor;
circle, line, path {
fill: $hoverColor;
}
}
}
}
You can then do the following in your scss:
.container {
@include icon(white, blue);
}
If you want to use css to change the colour, you could also use an online tool like this one: https://change-svg-color.vercel.app/
Simply add fill:"desiredColor" in the svg tag of the image: example:
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="#bbb9c6">
<path d="M20 2H4c-1.1 0-1.99.9-1.99 2L2 22l4-4h14c1.1 0 2-.9 2-2V4c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2zm-2 12H6v-2h12v2zm0-3H6V9h12v2zm0-3H6V6h12v2z"/><path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="none"/></svg>
You shall not set the color directly on the svg image, if you want to program the color of the svg.
In 2021, you can use the following css to make the color change.
html{
--iron-icon-fill-color-1:green;
--iron-icon-fill-color-2:red;
--iron-icon-stroke-color:white;
}
svg#icon-green{
fill: var(--iron-icon-fill-color-1, currentcolor);
stroke: var(--iron-icon-stroke-color, none);
}
svg#icon-red{
fill: var(--iron-icon-fill-color-2, currentcolor);
stroke: var(--iron-icon-stroke-color, none);
}
svg#icon{
fill: var(--iron-icon-fill-color-x, currentcolor);
stroke: white;
}<html>
<body>
<svg id="icon-green" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="40px" height="40px" style="vertical-align:text-bottom" viewbox="0 0 40 40">
<circle cx="20" cy="20" r="18" stroke-width="3"/>
<path d="M 10,10 30,30 M 10,30 30,10" fill="none" stroke-width="6"/>
</svg>
<svg id="icon-red" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="40px" height="40px" style="vertical-align:text-bottom" viewbox="0 0 40 40">
<circle cx="20" cy="20" r="18" stroke-width="3"/>
<path d="M 10,10 30,30 M 10,30 30,10" fill="none" stroke-width="6"/>
</svg>
<svg id="icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="40px" height="40px" style="vertical-align:text-bottom" viewbox="0 0 40 40">
<circle cx="20" cy="20" r="18" stroke-width="3"/>
<path d="M 10,10 30,30 M 10,30 30,10" fill="none" stroke-width="6"/>
</svg>
</body>
</html>shortest Bootstrap-compatible way, no JavaScript:
.cameraicon {
height: 1.6em;/* set your own icon size */
mask: url(/camera.svg); /* path to your image */
-webkit-mask: url(/camera.svg) no-repeat center;
}
and use it like:
<td class="text-center">
<div class="bg-secondary cameraicon"/><!-- "bg-secondary" sets actual color of your icon -->
</td>
