def add_bg(img, padding, color=COL_WHITE):
    """
    Adds a padding to the given image as background of specified color

    :param img: Input image.
    :param padding: constant padding around the image.
    :param color: background color that needs to filled for the newly padded region.
    :return: New image with background.
    """
    img = gray3(img)
    h, w, d = img.shape
    new_img = np.ones((h + 2*padding, w + 2*padding, d)) * color[:d]
    new_img = new_img.astype(np.uint8)
    set_img_box(new_img, (padding, padding, w, h), img)
    return new_img
Adds a padding to the given image as background of specified color

    :param img: Input image.
    :param padding: constant padding around the image.
    :param color: background color that needs to filled for the newly padded region.
    :return: New image with background.