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# Shadows

Shadows draws a bust as one filled silhouette, all of it in a single ink on a
pale ground. Seven shoulder lines and five head shapes meet a hat or a hairstyle
on three of four seeds, and the top sits behind the head so the two merge into
one outline. There are eleven inks and ten backgrounds. Generate calm,
high-contrast placeholder avatars for user lists and comment threads.

- **Style name:** `shadows`
- **Category:** Characters
- **Animated:** no
- **Creator:** DiceBear (https://www.dicebear.com)
- **Source:** https://www.dicebear.com
- **License:** CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

## Usage

Every library below produces the same SVG for the same seed and options.

HTTP API:

```
https://api.dicebear.com/10.x/shadows/svg?seed=John
```

JavaScript:

```
npm install @dicebear/core @dicebear/styles --save
```

```js
import { Style, Avatar } from '@dicebear/core';
import definition from '@dicebear/styles/shadows.json' with { type: 'json' };

const style = new Style(definition);
const avatar = new Avatar(style, { seed: 'John' });

const svg = avatar.toString();
```

PHP:

```
composer require dicebear/core dicebear/styles
```

```php
<?php

use Composer\InstalledVersions;
use DiceBear\Style;
use DiceBear\Avatar;

$basePath = InstalledVersions::getInstallPath('dicebear/styles');
$style = Style::fromJson(file_get_contents($basePath . '/src/shadows.json'));

$avatar = new Avatar($style, ['seed' => 'John']);

$svg = (string) $avatar;
```

Python:

```
pip install dicebear-core dicebear-styles
```

```python
from importlib.resources import files

from dicebear import Avatar, Style

style = Style.from_json(
    files("dicebear_styles").joinpath("shadows.json").read_text("utf-8")
)

avatar = Avatar(style, {"seed": "John"})

svg = avatar.to_string()
```

Rust:

```
cargo add dicebear-core serde_json
cargo add dicebear-styles --features shadows
```

```rust
use dicebear_core::{Avatar, Style};
use serde_json::json;

let style = Style::from_str(dicebear_styles::SHADOWS)?;
let avatar = Avatar::new(&style, json!({ "seed": "John" }))?;

let svg = avatar.to_svg();
```

Go:

```
go get github.com/dicebear/dicebear-go/v10
go get github.com/dicebear/styles/v10
```

```go
import (
	dicebear "github.com/dicebear/dicebear-go/v10"
	"github.com/dicebear/styles/v10"
)

style, _ := dicebear.NewStyle([]byte(styles.Shadows))
avatar, _ := dicebear.NewAvatar(style, map[string]any{"seed": "John"})

svg := avatar.SVG()
```

Dart:

```
dart pub add dicebear_core dicebear_styles
```

```dart
import 'package:dicebear_core/dicebear_core.dart';
import 'package:dicebear_styles/shadows.dart';

final style = Style.parse(shadows);
final avatar = Avatar(style, {'seed': 'John'});

final svg = avatar.svg;
```

C#:

```
dotnet add package DiceBear.Core
dotnet add package DiceBear.Styles
```

```csharp
using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
using DiceBear;

var style = Style.Parse(Styles.Shadows);
var avatar = new Avatar(style, new JsonObject { ["seed"] = "John" });

var svg = avatar.ToSvg();
```

CLI:

```
npm install --global dicebear
```

```
dicebear shadows
```

## Presets

12 ready-made option sets for this style. Each is a plain set of
render options: pass it to any of the libraries or send it as HTTP-API query
parameters. You do not need to install anything for them, and any option a
preset leaves out keeps varying with the seed.

- **Bare:** No hats and no hair.
- **Sepia:** One warm brown on cream.
- **Greyscale:** The same bust without hue.
- **Duotone:** One indigo on its own pale tint.
- **Muted:** Dusty inks instead of the shipped eleven.
- **Electric:** Silhouettes past anything the style ships.
- **Pastel Wall:** Softer grounds, the ink untouched.
- **Bold Pop:** Saturated grounds behind a dark bust.
- **Night Shift:** Near black ground, pale bust.
- **Sunrise:** A warm gradient behind the bust.
- **Full Cast:** A hat or a hairstyle on everyone.
- **Close Up:** Scaled in, so the shoulders run past the edge.

The full option set of each one is at https://www.dicebear.com/styles/shadows/presets/index.md.

## Options

Every option below works in all libraries and as a query parameter of the HTTP
API. The ones built from a component name (`<component>Variant`,
`<component>Probability`) or from a color group (`<group>Color`,
`<group>ColorFill`, `<group>ColorFillStops`, `<group>ColorAngle`,
`<group>ColorOrder`) belong to this style; the rest are
[core options](https://www.dicebear.com/guides/core-options/) that every style accepts.

| Option | Type | Values |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `seed` | string |  |
| `size` | number | 1 to 4096 |
| `idRandomization` | boolean |  |
| `title` | string |  |
| `flip` | enum (array allowed) | `none`, `horizontal`, `vertical`, `both` |
| `fontFamily` | string (array allowed) |  |
| `fontWeight` | number (array allowed) | 1 to 1000 |
| `scale` | range | 0 to 10 |
| `borderRadius` | range | 0 to 50 |
| `rotate` | range | -360 to 360 |
| `translateX` | range | -1000 to 1000 |
| `translateY` | range | -1000 to 1000 |
| `shouldersVariant` | enum (array allowed) | `narrow`, `regular`, `round`, `sloped`, `square`, `uneven`, `wide` |
| `shouldersProbability` | number | 0 to 100 |
| `headsVariant` | enum (array allowed) | `oval`, `round`, `tall`, `taper`, `wide` |
| `headsProbability` | number | 0 to 100 |
| `topsVariant` | enum (array allowed) | `afro`, `beanie`, `bowler`, `braid`, `bun`, `curls`, `flat`, `hat`, `puffs`, `quiff`, `topknot`, `tuft`, `waves` |
| `topsProbability` | number | 0 to 100 |
| `backgroundColor` | color (array allowed) | Hex color, `#` optional |
| `backgroundColorFill` | enum (array allowed) | `solid`, `linear`, `radial` |
| `backgroundColorFillStops` | range |  |
| `backgroundColorAngle` | range | -360 to 360 |
| `backgroundColorOrder` | enum | `random`, `fixed` |
| `inkColor` | color (array allowed) | Hex color, `#` optional |
| `inkColorFill` | enum (array allowed) | `solid`, `linear`, `radial` |
| `inkColorFillStops` | range |  |
| `inkColorAngle` | range | -360 to 360 |
| `inkColorOrder` | enum | `random`, `fixed` |

The same table is available as JSON at
`https://api.dicebear.com/10.x/shadows/options.json`, and the
raw definition at
`https://api.dicebear.com/10.x/shadows/definition.json`.