// create a paint object
paint = vgCreatePaint();

// set some values different from defaults
vgSetParameteri(paint, VG_PAINT_TYPE, VG_PAINT_TYPE_COLOR);
col[0] = 0.1f;
col[1] = 1.1f;
col[2] = -0.1f;
col[3] = 0.6f;
vgSetParameterfv(paint, VG_PAINT_COLOR, 4, col);
colStops[0] = 0.0f;
colStops[1] = 1.0f;
colStops[2] = 0.0f;
colStops[3] = 0.0f;
colStops[4] = 1.0f;
colStops[5] = 0.3f;
colStops[6] = 0.0f;
colStops[7] = 1.0f;
colStops[8] = 0.0f;
colStops[9] = 1.0f;
colStops[10] = 1.0f;
colStops[11] = 0.0f;
colStops[12] = 0.0f;
colStops[13] = 1.0f;
colStops[14] = 1.0f;
vgSetParameterfv(paint, VG_PAINT_COLOR_RAMP_STOPS, 15, colStops);
vgSetParameteri(paint, VG_PAINT_COLOR_RAMP_SPREAD_MODE, VG_COLOR_RAMP_SPREAD_REFLECT);
linGrad[0] = 10.0f;
linGrad[1] = 5.0f;
linGrad[2] = 20.0f;
linGrad[3] = -3.0f;
vgSetParameterfv(paint, VG_PAINT_LINEAR_GRADIENT, 4, linGrad);
radGrad[0] = 5.0f;
radGrad[1] = 6.0f;
radGrad[2] = 7.0f;
radGrad[3] = 8.0f;
radGrad[4] = 7.35f;
vgSetParameterfv(paint, VG_PAINT_RADIAL_GRADIENT, 5, radGrad);
vgSetParameteri(paint, VG_PAINT_PATTERN_TILING_MODE, VG_TILE_REPEAT);

// dump paint values
writePaint(f, paint);

// destroy paint object
vgDestroyPaint(paint);