# Problem filling rectangle with a TikZ pattern [closed]

I am trying to add a pattern-striped background to a rectangle, but the PDF generated with PDFLatex produces a couple of completely black rectangles instead of the ones filled in with the pattern. The following code is taken form the answer to the question Using form-only patterns with variable: possible TikZ bug.

TikZ code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{patterns}

\tikzset{
slope/.code={\edef\slope{#1}},
slope/.default=0.9, slope
}

\makeatletter

\pgfdeclarepatternformonly{stripes}{\pgfpoint{0cm}{0cm}}{\pgfpoint{1cm}{1cm}}{\pgfpoint{1cm}{1cm}} {
\foreach \i in {0.1, 0.3,...,0.9} {
\pgfpathmoveto{\pgfpoint{\i cm}{0cm}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint{1cm}{1cm - \i cm}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint{1cm}{1cm - \i cm+ 0.1cm}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint{\i cm - 0.1cm}{0cm}}
\pgfpathclose%
\pgfusepath{fill}
\pgfpathmoveto{\pgfpoint{0cm}{\i cm}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint{1cm - \i cm}{1cm}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint{1cm - \i cm - 0.1cm}{1cm}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint{0cm}{\i cm + 0.1cm}}
\pgfpathclose%
\pgfusepath{fill}
}
}

\pgfdeclarepatternformonly[\tikz@pattern@color,\slope]{slant lines}
{\pgfpoint{-.1mm/\slope}{-.1mm}}
{\pgfpoint{1.1mm/\slope}{1.1mm}}
{\pgfpoint{1mm/\slope}{1mm}}{
\pgfsetlinewidth{0.4pt}
\pgfpathmoveto{\pgfpoint{-.1mm/\slope}{-.1mm}}
\pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint{1.1mm/\slope}{1.1mm}}
\pgfsetstrokecolor{\tikz@pattern@color}
\pgfusepath{stroke}
}

\makeatother

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\fill[pattern=stripes, pattern color=red] (0,0) rectangle (5,5);
\fill[pattern=slant lines, pattern color=blue, slope=0.3] (5,0) rectangle (10,5);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


The result is shown in the following picture:

What am I doing wrong?

## closed as unclear what you're asking by Qrrbrbirlbel, user13907, user31729, R. Schumacher, Paul GesslerApr 30 '15 at 23:10

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• It is fine on my end with Package: tikz 2013/12/13 v3.0.0 (rcs-revision 1.142). – Jesse Dec 8 '14 at 12:30
• I will try to update the package, my current version is: tikz.sty 2010/10/13 v2.10 (rcs-revision 1.76), the one that comes packaged with Debian Wheezy (stable). – Ricardo Dec 9 '14 at 12:16