- (UIColor *)colorAtPixel:(CGPoint)point {
// Cancel if point is outside image coordinates
if (!CGRectContainsPoint(CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, self.size.width, self.size.height), point)) {
return nil;
}
NSInteger pointX = trunc(point.x);
NSInteger pointY = trunc(point.y);
CGImageRef cgImage = self.CGImage;
NSUInteger width = self.size.width;
NSUInteger height = self.size.height;
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
int bytesPerPixel = 4;
int bytesPerRow = bytesPerPixel * 1;
NSUInteger bitsPerComponent = 8;
unsigned char pixelData[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(pixelData,
1,
1,
bitsPerComponent,
bytesPerRow,
colorSpace,
kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast | kCGBitmapByteOrder32Big);
CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
CGContextSetBlendMode(context, kCGBlendModeCopy);
// Draw the pixel we are interested in onto the bitmap context
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -pointX, pointY-(CGFloat)height);
CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, (CGFloat)width, (CGFloat)height), cgImage);
CGContextRelease(context);
// Convert color values [0..255] to floats [0.0..1.0]
CGFloat red = (CGFloat)pixelData[0] / 255.0f;
CGFloat green = (CGFloat)pixelData[1] / 255.0f;
CGFloat blue = (CGFloat)pixelData[2] / 255.0f;
CGFloat alpha = (CGFloat)pixelData[3] / 255.0f;
return [UIColor colorWithRed:red green:green blue:blue alpha:alpha];
}
UIImage+ColorAtPixel.h
#import
/*
A category on UIImage that enables you to query the color value of arbitrary
pixels of the image.
*/
@interface UIImage (ColorAtPixel)
- (UIColor *)colorAtPixel:(CGPoint)point;
@end
#import
#import "UIImage+ColorAtPixel.h"
@implementation UIImage (ColorAtPixel)
- (UIColor *)colorAtPixel:(CGPoint)point {
// Cancel if point is outside image coordinates
if (!CGRectContainsPoint(CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, self.size.width, self.size.height), point)) {
return nil;
}
NSInteger pointX = trunc(point.x);
NSInteger pointY = trunc(point.y);
CGImageRef cgImage = self.CGImage;
NSUInteger width = self.size.width;
NSUInteger height = self.size.height;
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
int bytesPerPixel = 4;
int bytesPerRow = bytesPerPixel * 1;
NSUInteger bitsPerComponent = 8;
unsigned char pixelData[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(pixelData,
1,
1,
bitsPerComponent,
bytesPerRow,
colorSpace,
kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast | kCGBitmapByteOrder32Big);
CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
CGContextSetBlendMode(context, kCGBlendModeCopy);
// Draw the pixel we are interested in onto the bitmap context
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -pointX, pointY-(CGFloat)height);
CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, (CGFloat)width, (CGFloat)height), cgImage);
CGContextRelease(context);
// Convert color values [0..255] to floats [0.0..1.0]
CGFloat red = (CGFloat)pixelData[0] / 255.0f;
CGFloat green = (CGFloat)pixelData[1] / 255.0f;
CGFloat blue = (CGFloat)pixelData[2] / 255.0f;
CGFloat alpha = (CGFloat)pixelData[3] / 255.0f;
return [UIColor colorWithRed:red green:green blue:blue alpha:alpha];
}
@end