# TikZ: Rectangle with diagonal fill (two colors)

I'm trying to fill half of my rectangle with a green color. I would like the transition to be along a diagonal of the rectangle.

Here is the code I have currently

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [rectangle,draw,thick,text width=1.5cm,minimum height=1.5cm,
text centered,rounded corners, drop shadow, fill=yellow, name = re] {Test};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


This (of course) gives me an only yellow rectangle. I would like something like this instead.

I have looked at http://www.texample.net/tikz/examples/rectangle-node-with-diagonal-fill/, but I didn't get it to work with the drop shadow (and it seems like a lot of code for a simple task).

I'm considering drawing an invisible triangle under the rectangle with clipping, but I'm not sure how to do that, or if it's the smartest way.

A short answer with some trick. Rectangle is drawn twice:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node [rectangle,draw,text width=1.5cm,minimum height=1.5cm,
text centered,rounded corners,name = re] {};
[rounded corners=4pt] -- (re.south east)
[rounded corners=4pt] -- (re.north east)--cycle
;
\filldraw[green!80][] (re.south west)
[rounded corners=4pt] -- (re.north west)
[rounded corners=4pt] -- (re.north east)--cycle
;
\node [rectangle,draw,thick, text width=1.5cm,minimum height=1.5cm,
text centered,rounded corners,name = re] {Text};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


EDIT: This edit offers by OP. He/she edit my answer and found a new solution.

Now only drawing one rectangle, and diagonal is completely straight.

\documentclass{article}
\tikzset{
diagonal fill/.style 2 args={fill=#2, path picture={
\fill[#1, sharp corners] (path picture bounding box.south west) -|
(path picture bounding box.north east) -- cycle;}},
reversed diagonal fill/.style 2 args={fill=#2, path picture={
\fill[#1, sharp corners] (path picture bounding box.north west) |-
(path picture bounding box.south east) -- cycle;}}
}
% (reversed) diagonal fill={lower color}{upper color}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\node[diagonal fill={yellow}{green!80},
text width=1.5cm, minimum height=1.5cm,
text centered, rounded corners, draw, drop shadow]{Text};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


• If you move the drop shadow to the first node, instead of only the lower part it looks more correct :) – Atnas Dec 10 '16 at 19:16
• I ended up using this in a slightly modified version (to make the diagonal completely straight). I placed the one of the filldraws in a "path picture" under the first node, and simply deleted the second node. Should I post it as a separate answer or edit this one? – Atnas Dec 11 '16 at 22:36
• @Atnas, sure, I let you do edit my answer. – ferahfeza Dec 11 '16 at 23:27
• @Atnas, that's much (much) better than what I did, way simpler. I think you should've answered yourself. I just made it into a style so it can be used more easily, but great solution, really. – Guilherme Zanotelli Dec 12 '16 at 9:18

Stumbling upon How to shade text in different colors? I remembered this question and thought it could be done using shading, so stealing the idea from TikZ Fading Speed we can define a sharp shading and fill the node with it. That gives total control over the angle and the node shape.

\documentclass[tikz, margin=3mm]{standalone}
\tikzset{
double color fill/.code 2 args={
tikz@axis@top,tikz@axis@middle,tikz@axis@bottom%
]{diagonalfill}{100bp}{%
color(0bp)=(tikz@axis@bottom);
color(50bp)=(tikz@axis@bottom);
color(50bp)=(tikz@axis@middle);
color(50bp)=(tikz@axis@top);
color(100bp)=(tikz@axis@top)
}
}
}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[my node/.style={draw, cloud, cloud ignores aspect, drop shadow, double color fill={green}{blue}}]
\foreach \angle[count=\i] in {0,15,...,75} \node[my node, shading angle=\angle] (a\i) at (0,\i) {Text};
\foreach \angle[count=\i] in {105,120,...,180} \node[my node, shading angle=\angle] (b\i) at (3,\i) {Text};
\path (a6) -- node[my node, shading angle=90]{Text} (b1);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}