Java Graphics How to - Get color of each pixel of an image using BufferedImages

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Question

We would like to know how to get color of each pixel of an image using BufferedImages.

Answer

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
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import javax.imageio.ImageIO;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
    File file = new File("your_file.jpg");
    BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(file);
    
    int x = 10;
    int y = 10;
    
    int clr = image.getRGB(x, y);
    int red = (clr & 0x00ff0000) >> 16;
    int green = (clr & 0x0000ff00) >> 8;
    int blue = clr & 0x000000ff;
    System.out.println("Red Color value = " + red);
    System.out.println("Green Color value = " + green);
    System.out.println("Blue Color value = " + blue);
  }
}

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