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# MatFDColoringCreate
Creates a matrix coloring context for finite difference computation of Jacobians.
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscmat.h"
PetscErrorCode MatFDColoringCreate(Mat mat, ISColoring iscoloring, MatFDColoring *color)
```
Collective
## Input Parameters
- ***mat -*** the matrix containing the nonzero structure of the Jacobian
- ***iscoloring -*** the coloring of the matrix; usually obtained with `MatColoringCreate()` or `DMCreateColoring()`
## Output Parameter
- ***color -*** the new coloring context
## See Also
`Mat`, `MatFDColoring`, `MatFDColoringDestroy()`, `SNESComputeJacobianDefaultColor()`, `ISColoringCreate()`,
`MatFDColoringSetFunction()`, `MatFDColoringSetFromOptions()`, `MatFDColoringApply()`,
`MatFDColoringView()`, `MatFDColoringSetParameters()`, `MatColoringCreate()`, `DMCreateColoring()`, `MatFDColoringSetValues()`
## Level
intermediate
## Location
src/mat/matfd/fdmatrix.c
## Examples
src/mat/tutorials/ex16.c
src/snes/tutorials/ex14.c
src/tao/unconstrained/tutorials/minsurf2.c
## Implementations
MatFDColoringCreate_MPIXAIJ in src/mat/impls/aij/mpi/fdmpiaij.c
MatFDColoringCreate_SeqXAIJ in src/mat/impls/aij/seq/fdaij.c
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