imagecolorclosest

Last updated: Fri, 25 Jul 2008

imagecolorat

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

imagecolorat — Get the index of the color of a pixel

Description

int imagecolorat ( resource $image , int $x , int $y )

Returns the index of the color of the pixel at the specified location in the image specified by image .

If PHP is compiled against GD library 2.0 or higher and the image is a truecolor image, this function returns the RGB value of that pixel as integer. Use bitshifting and masking to access the distinct red, green and blue component values:

Parameters

image: An image resource, returned by one of the image creation functions, such as imagecreatetruecolor().
x: x-coordinate of the point
y: y-coordinate of the point

Return Values

Returns the index of the color.

Examples

Example #1 Access distinct RGB values


<?php
$im = imagecreatefrompng("php.png");
$rgb = imagecolorat($im, 10, 15);
$r = ($rgb >> 16) & 0xFF;
$g = ($rgb >> 8) & 0xFF;
$b = $rgb & 0xFF;
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

int(119)
int(123)
int(180)


I've found this function very useful when wanting to manipulate an existing image. An example would be to simply flip an image (source code here: http://www.coderprofile.com/source-code/372/ )



The principle i use a lot is to scan through an image pixel by pixel performing some kind of action on that pixel... and then saving the newly created pixel on to a new canvas ready to display to the browser.



The only problem i find is speed... so some kind of caching mechanism and dimensions limitation on images that are processed is recommended for high traffic use.



Kind regards,

Scott

p h o c i s [a-t] g m a i l c o m
20-Nov-2007 09:47


I believe GD has an issue with transparent mattes and alpha blending. It seems GD thinks that some images have a black matte transparency (meaning that the image is built on a black matte instead of transparent).



And while "alan hogan dot com slash contact" solution does deal with this, the results seem to be... glitchy. you get different results each time you do it, and they are not always the best.



So I made a different solution that, while it looks better on a white background and is consistent, still sort of mangles the image just a bit by merging all blended pixels with the transparent color.



// Load image

$img = imagecreatefrompng('my_broken_png.png');



// Make matte canvas

$matte = imagecreatetruecolor(16,16);

$trans_color = imagecolorallocatealpha($matte,254,254,254,0);

imagefill($matte, 0,0,$trans_color);



// Put the old image on the matte

imagecopy($matte,$img,0,0,0,0,16,16);



// Turn the matte color into full alpha (blended pixels will not be affected)

imagecolortransparent($matte,$trans_color);



// Display image

header('Content-Type: image/gif');   

imagegif($matte);

alan hogan dot com slash contact
12-Nov-2007 02:44


As creamdog noted before, the alpha channel IS available from this function! (The manual should probably be updated to include this!)



$rgba = imagecolorat($im,$x,$y);

$alpha = ($rgba & 0x7F000000) >> 24;



$alpha will then contain the TRANSPARENCY (NOT OPACITY) level. So 127, the max, would be completely transparent, and 0 would be completely opaque.



Using this information, it is possible to write a dithering png-to-gif function like the completely working simple one below:



<?php

$im = imagecreatefrompng($pngRel);

        $transparentColor = imagecolorallocate($im, 0xfe, 0x3, 0xf4 );

        $height = imagesy($im);

        $width = imagesx($im);

        for($x = 0; $x < $width; $x++){

            for($y = 0; $y < $height; $y++) {

                $alpha = (imagecolorat($im,$x,$y) & 0x7F000000) >> 24;

                //DITHER!

                if ($alpha > 3 && (

                        $alpha >=127-3 || 

                        (rand(0,127))>=(127-$alpha)

                    )){

                    imagesetpixel($im,$x,$y,$transparentColor);

                }



            }

        }

        imagecolortransparent($im, $transparentColor);

        imagegif($im, $gifRel);//save

        header("Content-type: image/gif");

        readfile($gifRel); //pass thru to browser



?>

pocze_zsolt at hotmail dot com
15-Sep-2007 04:55


This is a histogram-stretching function to get a better contrast:



function contrast_stretch( $img ) {

    $x = imagesx($img);

    $y = imagesy($img);



    $min=255.0;

    $max=0.0;



    for($i=0; $i<$y; $i++) {

    for($j=0; $j<$x; $j++) {

        $pos = imagecolorat($img, $j, $i);

        $f = imagecolorsforindex($img, $pos);

        $gst = $f["red"]*0.15 + $f["green"]*0.5 + $f["blue"]*0.35;

        if($gst>$max) $max=$gst;

        if($gst<$min) $min=$gst;

    }

    }



    $distance = $max-$min;



    for($i=0; $i<$y; $i++) {

    for($j=0; $j<$x; $j++) {

        $pos = imagecolorat($img, $j, $i);

        $f = imagecolorsforindex($img, $pos);



        $red = 255*($f["red"]-$min)/$distance;

        $green = 255*($f["green"]-$min)/$distance;

        $blue = 255*($f["blue"]-$min)/$distance;



        if($red<0) $red = 0.0;

        elseif($red>255) $red=255.0;



        if($green<0) $green = 0.0;

        elseif($green>255) $green=255.0;



        if($blue<0) $blue = 0.0;

        elseif($blue>255) $blue=255.0;



        $color = imagecolorresolve($img, $red, $green, $blue);

        imagesetpixel($img, $j, $i, $color);

    }

    }

}

markignore.atsymbol.ignorepnod.co.uk
31-Jul-2007 04:58


The example given for returning the RGB values from the function (using & 0xFF) didn't work for me for PNG or GIF images. If you have this problem, try the following (which works):



<?php

  $pixelrgb = imagecolorat($source,$x,$y);

  $cols = imagecolorsforindex($source, $pixelrgb);

  $r = $cols['red'];

  $g = $cols['green'];

  $b = $cols['blue'];

?>

Gromitt
05-Mar-2007 08:17


imagecolorat() will display a Notice if you attempt to query a pixel which is out of bounds, and will return false :



<?php



$img = imagecreatefromjpeg('test.jpg');

var_dump(imagecolorat($img, -1, 0));



?>



Output :



Notice: imagecolorat(): -1,0 is out of bounds in /test.php on line 4

bool(false)

29-Nov-2006 04:45


//test if a Jpeg is greyscale or color 



function iscolor($pic_adress){



    

// A Pixel is Greyscale if the r = B = G 

    //example: colorpixel R=250, G=140 , B=19  Greyscale Pixel R=110, G= 110, B=110 

    

    //we do a check of 10 Pixels to find out if the Picture is Greyscale

    $tocheck = 10;

    

    $iscolor=false;

    

    $temp= getimagesize($pic_adress);

    

    $x= $temp[0];

    $y= $temp[1];

    

    $im= imagecreatefromjpeg($pic_adress);



    //now check out the Pixels    

    for( $i = 0 ; $i< $tocheck && !$iscolor; $i++){

    

    

    // Here a Random Pixel is chosen

    $color = imagecolorat($im,rand(0,$x),rand(0,$y));

    

    //Problem color is an int

    //The Hex view on the number is RRGGBB

    // Here we get the blue part of the Pixel

    $blue = 0x0000ff & $color;

    

    $green = 0x00ff00 & $color;

   //The Green part we have to push 8 bits to the right to get an Compareable result 

    $green = $green >> 8;

    $red =0xff0000 & $color;

    //red part needs to be pushed 16 bit

    $red = $red >> 16;

    // if one of the Pixels isnt Greyscale it breaks an you know this is a color picture

    if( $red!= $green || $green!= $blue){

        $iscolor = true;

        break;

        }

    }

    return $iscolor;



}

Luciano Ropero
27-Oct-2006 11:31


I made a function that calculates the average color of a given image resource and returns it in "#rrggbb" format (hex):



function average($img) {

    $w = imagesx($img);

    $h = imagesy($img);

    $r = $g = $b = 0;

    for($y = 0; $y < $h; $y++) {

        for($x = 0; $x < $w; $x++) {

            $rgb = imagecolorat($img, $x, $y);

            $r += $rgb >> 16;

            $g += $rgb >> 8 & 255;

            $b += $rgb & 255;

        }

    }

    $pxls = $w * $h;

    $r = dechex(round($r / $pxls));

    $g = dechex(round($g / $pxls));

    $b = dechex(round($b / $pxls));

    if(strlen($r) < 2) {

        $r = 0 . $r;

    }

    if(strlen($g) < 2) {

        $g = 0 . $g;

    }

    if(strlen($b) < 2) {

        $b = 0 . $b;

    }

    return "#" . $r . $g . $b;

}



Although, I've noticed that you can also get a fairly good average color generating a 1px by 1px copy with imagecopyresampled (the pixel generated is colored with the average color).

NuclearFlux
17-Oct-2006 09:01


code part from robert:

   $output .= '<div style="position:relative;float:left;width:' .

   $div_width . 'px;height:1px;background-color:' . 

   hexcolor((($div_width > 1)?

   $previous_color:$current_color)) . '"><img src="bogus.gif"

   alt="" width="1" height="1" /></div>';



i've optimized this part so that no image is needed:



   $output .= '<div

   style="position:relative;float:left;max-width:1px>;

   max-height:1px;background-color:'.

   hexcolor((($div_width > 1)?

   $previous_color:$current_color)).'">&nbsp;</div>';



//sorry for my english, i'm a german xD

morten at nilsen dot com
11-Sep-2006 08:17


A better way of encoding a color value to #rrggbb:



<?php

  printf('#%06x',$c);

?>



or



<?php

  $rgb = sprintf('#%06x',$c);

?>

creamdog
20-Apr-2006 04:48


If you look in the gd library for C in gd.h you have the following defined for truecolor images.



#define gdTrueColorGetAlpha(c) (((c) & 0x7F000000) >> 24)

#define gdTrueColorGetRed(c) (((c) & 0xFF0000) >> 16)

#define gdTrueColorGetGreen(c) (((c) & 0x00FF00) >> 8)

#define gdTrueColorGetBlue(c) ((c) & 0x0000FF) 



So in php you could just do it as so:



$rgba = imagecolorat($im,$x,$y);

$alpha = ($rgba & 0x7F000000) >> 24;

$red = ($rgba & 0xFF0000) >> 16;

$green = ($rgba & 0x00FF00) >> 8;

$blue = ($rgba & 0x0000FF);



And there you have what you would need if you have a truecolor image with an alpha channel.

robert at future-vision dot nl
15-Dec-2005 04:53


Look mom, no tables :)



I made some changes to the code from 'hazard AT krankteil DOTTILLYDO de' so the function would output a div that displays the image.



As for the size of the outputted file I can say the original png file was lots smaller, but maybe its a nice feature for small buttons or such.



The way you can use it is the same as the code from 'hazard AT krankteil DOTTILLYDO de'.



litle note: each div contains a bogus image. When this is not in IE will screw up the output.



<?

    function hexcolor($c) {

        $r = ($c >> 16) & 0xFF;

        $g = ($c >> 8) & 0xFF;

        $b = $c & 0xFF;

        return '#'.str_pad(dechex($r), 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT).str_pad(dechex($g), 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT).str_pad(dechex($b), 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);

    }

    

   

    function png2div($filename) {



        $img = imagecreatefrompng($filename);

        $width = imagesx($img);

        $height = imagesy($img);

        $div_width = 1;

        $previous_color = 0;

        

        $output = '<div style="position:relative;width:' . $width . 'px;height:'. $height .'px;">';

        

        for($y = 0;$y < $height;++$y){

            

            for($x = 0;$x < $width;++$x){



                $current_color = ImageColorAt($img, $x, $y);

                

                if($current_color == $previous_color && $x < $width-1){

                    ++$div_width;

                }

                else{

                    $output .= '<div style="position:relative;float:left;width:' . $div_width . 'px;height:1px;background-color:' . hexcolor((($div_width > 1)? $previous_color:$current_color)) . '"><img src="bogus.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></div>';

                    $previous_color = $current_color;

                    $div_width = 1;

                }

            }

            ob_flush();

        }

       

        $output .= '</div>';

        

        return $output;

        

    }



?>

hazard AT krankteil DOTTILLYDO de
12-Nov-2005 12:23


I saw this png to table code.. and i had written one before =)



My code does nearly the same as the one posted.. but it will compress the table with the help of colspan :)



http://hazard.krankteil.de/stuff/pngtable/imgtest.php



Code:

http://hazard.krankteil.de/stuff/pngtable/imgtest.phps

http://hazard.krankteil.de/stuff/pngtable/image.phps



It's senseless? Well maybe but kinda cool :) Try 5 or 10 as second argument for pngtable() =)

T. Dekker
27-Oct-2005 12:40


In GD 2.x there is support for true color images complete with an alpha channel. GD 2.x has a 7-bit (0-127) alpha channel.



While most people are used to an 8-bit (0-255) alpha channel, it is actually quite handy that GD's is 7-bit (0-127). Each pixel is represented by a 32-bit signed integer, with the four 8-bit bytes arranged like this:



 High Byte <--> Low Byte

{Alpha Channel} {Red} {Green} {Blue}



For a signed integer, the leftmost bit, or the highest bit, is used to indicate whether the value is negative, thus leaving only 31 bits of actual information. PHP's default integer value is a signed long into which we can store a single GD palette entry. Whether that integer is positive or negative tells us whether antialiasing is enabled for that palette entry.

swimgod
02-Sep-2005 01:36


this function i made will compare two($start-$finish) images and change the pixels with diffrent colors in the "finish" image

then displays them both next to each other in one image



another feature is "display" which will echo text

"50% on

50% off"-% count(if the number is lower then 1 it will go into one decamil count



or type "2" will be

"10023 on

3000 off"-pixel count



one last feature is "color" 

which you define in an array

$color = array("r" => "244","g" => "122","b" => "100");



to finish up the discrpition im gonna show this "map" of my function

compare($start, $finish[, $color[, $display[, $type]]])

image-url($start) - base image URL

image-url($finish) - compare image URL

array($color) - array with keys "r", "g", "b" r being RED 0-255 g being GREEN 0-255 b being BLUE 0-255

bool($display) - 1 OR TRUE will return text stats from compare

int($type) - 1 OR 0 | 1 being % results | 0 being pixel results



<?

function compare($start, $finish, $color, $display, $type){



$im = ImageCreateFrompng($start);

$im2 = ImageCreateFrompng($finish);

$img['x'] = imagesx($im);

$img['y'] = imagesy($im);

$img2['x'] = imagesx($im2);

$img2['y'] = imagesy($im2);

if(($img['x'] == $img2['x']) && ($img['y'] == $img2['y'])){



//get and set image hieght and width

$i = array("width" =>  $img['x']*2, "height" => $img['y']);

$im3 = imagecreatetruecolor($i['width'], $i['height']);

if($color){ 

$color = imagecolorallocate($im3, $color['r'], $color['g'], $color['b']);

}else{



$color = imagecolorallocate($im3, 255, 255, 255);

}

for($y = $img['y'];$y > 0; $y--){

for($x = $img['x'];$x > 0; $x--){

if(ImageColorAt($im, $x, $y) == ImageColorAt($im2, $x, $y)){

$on = $on+1;

$rgb = ImageColorAt($im, $x, $y);

Imagesetpixel($im3, $img['x']+$x, $y, $rgb);

}else{

$off = $off+1;

imagesetpixel($im3, $img['x']+$x, $y , $color);

}

}

}

if($display == true){

if(($type == "1") || (!$type)){

$off2 = (round(($off / $on)*10));

if(($off2 == 0) && ($off > 0)){

$off2 = round(($off / $on)*10)*10;

}

$on2 = (100-$off2);

$off2 .="%";

$on2 .="%";

}else{

$off2 = $off;

$on2 = $on;

}

echo $off2 ." off<br>". $on2 ." on";

}else{

imagecopy($im3, $im, 0, 0, 0, 0, $img['x'], $img['y']);

@header("Content-type: image/png");

imagepng($im3);

imagedestroy($im3);

}

imagedestroy($im);

imagedestroy($im2);

return TRUE;

}else{

return False;

}

}

?>

Super Moi
28-Aug-2005 08:31


Here is a contribution for change tint.



function colorize($path_image, $red, $green, $blue)

{

      $im = imagecreatefrompng($path_image);

    $pixel = array();

        

    $n_im = imagecreatetruecolor(imagesx($im),imagesy($im));

    $fond = imagecolorallocatealpha($n_im, 255, 255, 255, 0);

    imagefill($n_im, 0, 0, $fond);

    

    for($y=0;$y<imagesy($n_im);$y++)

    {

        for($x=0;$x<imagesx($n_im);$x++)

        {

            $rgb = imagecolorat($im, $x, $y);            

            $pixel = imagecolorsforindex($im, $rgb);

            

            $r = min(round($red*$pixel['red']/169),255);

            $g = min(round($green*$pixel['green']/169),255);

            $b = min(round($blue*$pixel['blue']/169),255);

            $a = $pixel['alpha'];            

            //echo('red : '.$pixel['red'].' => '.$r.', green : '.$pixel['green'].' => '.$g.', blue : '.$pixel['blue'].' => '.$b.', alpha : '.$pixel['alpha'].' => '.$a.'<br>');

            

            $pixelcolor = imagecolorallocatealpha($n_im, $r, $g, $b, $a);

            

            imagealphablending($n_im, TRUE);

            imagesetpixel($n_im, $x, $y, $pixelcolor);

        }

    }

    

       imagepng($n_im,'test.png');

       imagedestroy($n_im);

}

bpgordon at gmail dot com
23-May-2005 02:55


(the previous post was mistyped; please delete)



The following code converts a png image to an html table made up of colored 1x1 cells. Put the path (relative to the location of the script) to the image to be converted in the query, like this: http://yoursite.com/conv.php?image.png

Remember that you can only use a remote path if remote fopen is enabled.



<?php

print "<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr>";

$image = imagecreatefrompng($_ENV["QUERY_STRING"]);

$xdim = imagesx($image);

$ydim = imagesy($image);

for ($x = 1; $x <= $xdim-1; $x++) {

for ($y = 1; $y <= $ydim-1; $y++) {

$rgb = imagecolorat($image, $x, $y);

$r = ($rgb >> 16) & 0xFF;

$g = ($rgb >> 8) & 0xFF;

$b = $rgb & 0xFF;

print "<td width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"background-color: rgb($r, $g, $b);\"></td>";

}

print "</tr><tr>";

}

print "</tr></table>";

?>

bpgordon at gmail dot com
22-May-2005 10:19


The following code converts a png image to an html table made up of colored 1x1 cells. Put the path (relative to the location of the script) to the image to be converted in the query, like this: http://yoursite.com/conv.php?image.png

Remember that you can only use a remote path if remote fopen is enabled.



<?php

print "&lt;table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;";

$image = imagecreatefrompng($_ENV["QUERY_STRING"]);

$xdim = imagesx($image);

$ydim = imagesy($image);

for ($x = 1; $x &lt;= $xdim-1; $x++) {

for ($y = 1; $y &lt;= $ydim-1; $y++) {

$rgb = imagecolorat($image, $x, $y);

$r = ($rgb &gt;&gt; 16) & 0xFF;

$g = ($rgb &gt;&gt; 8) & 0xFF;

$b = $rgb & 0xFF;

print "&lt;td width=\"1\" height=\"1\" style=\"background-color: rgb($r, $g, $b);\"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;";

}

print "&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;";

}

print "&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;";

?>

sys NO SPAM coder at gmail dot NOSPAM dot com
26-Apr-2005 03:40


Just for fun: another snippet for drawing images using html only X)



<html>

<head>

<style>

<!--

body {

font-family: courier new, courier;

font-size: 7pt;

background: #000000;

color: #000000;

}

-->

</style>

</head>

<body>

<font color="#000000">

<?php



$im = ImageCreateFromPng($_GET['img']);



$lastcolor=0;

for($y=0;$y<imagesy($im);$y++)

{

  for($x=0;$x<imagesx($im);$x++)

  {

    $pixel = ImageColorAt($im, $x, $y);

    if($lastcolor != $pixel)

    {

      printf('</font><font color="#%06x">', $pixel);

      $lastcolor = $pixel;

    }

    echo "*";

  }

  echo "<br />";

}



?>

</font>

</body>

</html>

18-Jan-2005 02:08


Optimal:

<?php

$rgb = imagecolorat($im, $x, $y);

$r = ($rgb >> 16);

$g = ($rgb >> 8) & 255;

$b = $rgb & 255;

?>

As you see, you can also use decimal values (faster).

jed at jed dot bz
19-Oct-2004 02:14


In my various play stages with photomosaics I ended up writing this function that works with GD 2. The conversion from RGB to HSL is straightforward and there are a number of papers on it on our beloved Internet; however, this function simply finds the lightness value for a pixel and works exactly the same as imagecolorat(). 



<?php



/* Computes the lightness of a pixel. Lightness is used in HSL notation, as well

 * as in various operations on images. This function returns a normalized value

 * for lightness between 0 and 1, inclusive (0.0 being black, 1.0 being white).

 *

 * double imagelightnessat(resource img, int x, int y)

 *        img         An open image resource to operate on (true color or palette)

 *        x, y        The coordinates of the pixel to work on

 *

 * by Jed Smith <?php $u = "jed"; $d = "bz"; printf("<%s@%s.%s>", $u, $u, $d) ?>

 */ 

function imagelightnessat($img, $x, $y)

{

    if(!is_resource($img))

    {

        trigger_error("imagelightnessat(): supplied argument is not a valid "

            . "Image resource", E_USER_WARNING);

        return 0.0;

    }

    $c = @imagecolorat($img, $x, $y);

    if($c === false) return false;

    if(imageistruecolor($img))

    {

        $red = ($c >> 16) & 0xFF;

        $green = ($c >> 8) & 0xFF;

        $blue = $c & 0xFF;

    }

    else

    {

        $i = imagecolorsforindex($img, $c);

        $red = $i['red'];

        $green = $i['green'];

        $blue = $i['blue'];

    }    

    $m = min($red, $green, $blue);

    $n = max($red, $green, $blue);

    /* Because RGB isn't normalized in GD, we divide by 510 here.

     *  Lightness = (Max(RGB) + Min(RGB)) / 2

     * But that's assuming red, green, and blue are 0 through 1 inclusive.

     * Red, green, and blue are actually 0-255 (255 + 255 = 510).

     */

    $lightness = (double)(($m + $n) / 510.0);

    return($lightness);

}



?>

mumig at poczta dot onet dot pl
27-Feb-2004 08:13


imagecolorat() works differently for png's with true color and for paletted png's - for true color it returns value of color, for paletted it returns index number and you have to use  imagecolorsforindex() to get rgb color value.

geat AT zoom DOT co DOT uk
10-Jun-2003 04:35


The HTML image renderer didn't work for me for some reason, but here's a version that does...



echo '<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">';

$im = ImageCreateFromJPEG("IMAGE NAME");

$width = imagesx($im);

$height = imagesy($im);

for ($cy=0;$cy<$height;$cy++) {

  echo '<tr>';

  for ($cx=0;$cx<$width;$cx++) {

    $rgb = ImageColorAt($im, $cx, $cy);

    $col = imagecolorsforindex($im, $rgb); 

    printf('<td width="2" height="2" bgcolor=#%02x%02x%02x></td>', $col["red"], $col["green"], $col["blue"]);

  }

echo '</tr>';

}

echo '</table>';

28-May-2003 08:54


Just for fun, here is a little snippet that "paints" a image in html only. Try it out with very small images, as this is a real browser-killer. mozilla > 120mb ram, ie > 100mb with a 300x200 image :-)



$file = "image.png";

$im = imagecreatefrompng($file);

$size_arr = getimagesize($file);



echo "<table width=".$size_arr[0]." height=".$size_arr[1]." cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0>";

for ($y=0; $y<$size_arr[1]; $y++) {

    echo "<tr>";

    for ($x=0; $x<$size_arr[0]; $x++) {

        $rgb = ImageColorAt($im, $x, $y);

        printf("<td width=1 bgcolor=%06x><img width=1></td>", $rgb);

    }

    echo "</tr>";

}

echo "</table>";

lachy at kennedia dot com
20-Jan-2003 06:25


It seems that if you don not have GD 2.0.1+ then the alpha value will not be available.

ceresATdivxmaniaDOTit
02-Jan-2003 03:46


To get RGB values of a pixel in a truecolor image:



<?

$image=imageCreateFromJPEG('image.jpg');

$x = 10;

$y = 15;

$colorindex = imagecolorat($image,$x,$y);

$colorrgb = imagecolorsforindex($image,$colorindex);



echo "RGB values of the pixel at position $x - $y are: $colorrgb['red'] $colorrgb['green'] $colorrgb['blue'] \n Apha value is: $colorrgb['alpha']";

?>

pete at spamisbad_holidian dot com
05-Jul-2002 12:36


If you have a truecolor image and absolutely need to get the actual color of a pixel, it seems like you could create a 16x16 indexed color image from a part of the True Color image containing the pixel(s) in question. Then you should be able to guarantee that the indexed sample has the indentical colors to the True Color image. you can then use this function to get the color index of a pixel in the sample. 



Obviously, this would be an intensive way to get pixel colors, especially for a large image, but as far as I can tell, it's one of the very few ways to do it right now.

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