How can I get the average colour of an image

Question

I want to be able to take an image and find out what is the average colour. meaning if the image is half black half white, I would get something in between... some shade of

Answer 1

There is also a library that can do this for you.

http://www.michaelevans.org/blog/2013/12/12/colorart-a-library-to-do-itunes-11-style-color-matching-for-android/