change google map marker color to a color of my choice

Question

Is there anyway to change from the default red marker color to a hexidecimal color of my choice? I've been looking all over stack overflow and I haven't seem to find an answer. This is what I have so far.

var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
            position: myLatLng,
            label: '23',
            map: map
        });

Answer 1

One option would be to define an SVG symbol for the marker icon. SVG icon colors can be set in their constructor.

function pinSymbol(color) {
    return {
        path: 'M 0,0 C -2,-20 -10,-22 -10,-30 A 10,10 0 1,1 10,-30 C 10,-22 2,-20 0,0 z',
        fillColor: color,
        fillOpacity: 1,
        strokeColor: '#000',
        strokeWeight: 2,
        scale: 1
    };
}

Then use it like this:

var marker1 = new google.maps.Marker({
  map: map,
  position: new google.maps.LatLng(47.5, -122.0),
  icon: pinSymbol('green')
});

proof of concept fiddle

code snippet:

 function initialize() { var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(47.605, -122.2); var myOptions = { zoom: 10, center: latlng, mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP }; var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions); var marker = new google.maps.Marker({ map: map, position: latlng, icon: pinSymbol('red') }); var marker1 = new google.maps.Marker({ map: map, position: new google.maps.LatLng(47.5, -122.0), icon: pinSymbol('#7CFC00') }); var marker2 = new google.maps.Marker({ map: map, position: new google.maps.LatLng(47.6, -122.3), icon: pinSymbol('orange') }); var marker3 = new google.maps.Marker({ map: map, position: new google.maps.LatLng(47.7, -122.1), icon: pinSymbol('yellow') }); } function pinSymbol(color) { return { path: 'M 0,0 C -2,-20 -10,-22 -10,-30 A 10,10 0 1,1 10,-30 C 10,-22 2,-20 0,0 z', fillColor: color, fillOpacity: 1, strokeColor: '#000', strokeWeight: 2, scale: 1 }; } google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);

 html, body, #map_canvas { height: 500px; width: 500px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px }

 <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk"></script> <div id="map_canvas" style="width:750px; height:450px; border: 2px solid #3872ac;"></div>

Answer 2

the marker don't have a color property/attribute .. the markers use icon so you can change color changing icon

this is from google-maps dev

 var image = 'https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/beachflag.png'; var beachMarker = new google.maps.Marker({ position: {lat: -33.890, lng: 151.274}, map: map, icon: image });