Java BufferedImage getting red, green and blue individually

Question

The getRGB() method returns a single int. How can I get individually the red, green and blue colors all as the values between 0 and 255?

Answer 1

You'll need some basic binary arithmetic to split it up:

int blue = rgb & 0xFF;
int green = (rgb >> 8) & 0xFF;
int red = (rgb >> 16) & 0xFF;

(Or possibly the other way round, I honestly can't remember and the documentation isn't giving me an instant answer)