Draw Traffic Light In Python Turtle With Code

Want to know how to draw traffic light in python turtle, then you are at the right place today. In this tutorial, I will show you how to draw traffic light in python turtle, so follow this tutorial till the end.

We will use the turtle module to draw traffic light in python. It is a GUI python library which can be used to draw anything from characters, cartoons, shapes and other objects.

Traffic Light Python Turtle Code


import turtle

def draw(tur,screen,color):
    tur.speed(10)
    screen.clear()
    tur.penup()
    tur.setpos(0,-70)
    tur.pensize(12)
    if color == 1:
        tur.color("black","orange")
    else:
        tur.color("black","gray")
    tur.pendown()
    tur.begin_fill()
    tur.circle(100)
    tur.end_fill()
    tur.penup()
    tur.setpos(0,150)
    if color == 0:
        tur.color("black","red")
    else:
        tur.color("black","gray")
    tur.pendown()
    tur.begin_fill()
    tur.circle(100)
    tur.end_fill()
    tur.penup()
    tur.setpos(0,-290)
    if color == 2:
        tur.color("black","green")
    else:
        tur.color("black","gray")
    tur.pendown()
    tur.begin_fill()
    tur.circle(100)
    tur.end_fill()
    tur.penup()
    tur.hideturtle()
    
    
screen = turtle.Screen()
tur = turtle.Turtle()
color = int(input("Enter color number\n"))
draw(tur,screen,color)
turtle.done()

Above is the python program to draw traffic light. Now to run this program you need to have python installed on your computer, If you don’t have then follow this guide: Install and setup python on your computer.

To run this python program, follow the below steps:

Create a new folder for this python project.
Open it in a code editor of your choice.
Create a python file with an ending .py extension.
Copy the above code and paste it in your file.

Now you have the code, but there is one last thing you need to do as I have said I have used the turtle library for this program so you might need to install it if you get any errors like turtle module not found.

Turtle comes pre-installed with python setup, but if you get any errors you can install it using the below command.


pip install turtle

So now you have everything setup and you are ready to run the program, so to run this program open a command prompt at your program folder location and paste the below command.


python filename.py

The above command will run the program and it will ask you to enter a number according to it, it will draw the traffic light, enter 0 for red light, enter 1 for orange light and enter 2 for green light and below is the finished drawing of a red traffic light.

As you can see, we successfully drew a traffic light using python turtle. I hope you were able to run this program successfully.

Want more amazing turtle tutorials like this check out this: Awesome Python Turtle Codes.

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Summary

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