Name

blue()

Examples
c = color(175, 100, 220) # Define color 'c'
fill(c) # Use color variable 'c' as fill color
rect(15, 20, 35, 60) # Draw left rectangle
blueValue = blue(c) # Get blue in 'c'
print(blueValue) # Prints "220.0"
fill(0, 0, blueValue) # Use 'blueValue' in fill
rect(50, 20, 35, 60) # Draw right rectangle
Description Extracts the blue value from a color, scaled to match current colorMode(). The value is always returned as a float, so be careful not to assign it to an int value.

The blue() function is easy to use and understand, but it is slower than a technique called bit masking. When working in colorMode(RGB, 255), you can acheive the same results as blue() but with greater speed by using a bit mask to remove the other color components. For example, the following two lines of code are equivalent means of getting the blue value of the color value c:

b1 = blue(c);   # Simpler, but slower to calculate
b2 = c & 0xFF;  # Very fast to calculate
Syntax
blue(rgb)
Parameters
rgbint: any value of the color datatype
Related red()
green()
alpha()
hue()
saturation()
brightness()
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Updated on Tue Feb 27 14:07:12 2024.

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