opencv/samples/cpp/tutorial_code/snippets/imgproc_drawContours.cpp

#include "opencv2/imgproc.hpp"
#include "opencv2/highgui.hpp"

using namespace cv;
using namespace std;

int main( int argc, char** argv )
{
    Mat src;
    // the first command-line parameter must be a filename of the binary
    // (black-n-white) image
    if( argc != 2 || !(src=imread(argv[1], IMREAD_GRAYSCALE)).data)
        return -1;

    Mat dst = Mat::zeros(src.rows, src.cols, CV_8UC3);

    src = src > 1;
    namedWindow( "Source", 1 );
    imshow( "Source", src );

    vector<vector<Point> > contours;
    vector<Vec4i> hierarchy;

    findContours( src, contours, hierarchy,
        RETR_CCOMP, CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE );

    // iterate through all the top-level contours,
    // draw each connected component with its own random color
    int idx = 0;
    for( ; idx >= 0; idx = hierarchy[idx][0] )
    {
        Scalar color( rand()&255, rand()&255, rand()&255 );
        drawContours( dst, contours, idx, color, FILLED, 8, hierarchy );
    }

    namedWindow( "Components", 1 );
    imshow( "Components", dst );
    waitKey(0);
}