Name

brightness()

Description

Extracts the brightness value from a color.

Examples

  • size(400,400);
    noStroke();
    colorMode(HSB, 255);
    color c = color(0, 126, 255);
    fill(c);
    rect(60, 80, 140, 240);
    float value = brightness(c);  // Sets 'value' to 255
    fill(value);
    rect(200, 80, 140, 240);
    
    Image output for example 1

Syntax

  • brightness(rgb)

Parameters

  • rgb(int)any value of the color datatype

Return

  • float