# Extract color from location on image

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**Created:** [9 May 2020 02:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extract-color-from-location-on-image/26344 "2020-05-09T02:15:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [9 May 2020 04:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/extract-color-from-location-on-image/26344/2 "2020-05-09T04:45:14Z")

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Assuming your image isn't a simple bitmap in a buffer (where you could calculate the offset to the pixel) you can use node-red-contrib-image-tools.

If you can have the X & Y position, you can get the colour using node-red-contrib-image-tools

Inject (X&Y) - image node (return image) - function node - debug

Function. ..

```auto
msg.image = msg.payload;
var x=msg.pixel.x;
var y=msg.pixel.y;
msg.payload = msg.image.getPixelColor(x, y); // returns the colour of that pixel e.g. 0xFFFFFFFF
return msg;

```

EDIT...

Example...

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/7/87cdeab7398ea28d35dc1efa61f9072203149530.png)

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/7/c/7cc23662f6fdea62c026758c78a8e0ed8c71e3d8.png)

Flow...

```auto
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