Python:Pillow .getpixel()

The .getpixel() method is part of the Image module in the Pillow library.

It takes (x, y) coordinates as a tuple and returns the pixel value at that location. If the image is grayscale (mode "L"), it returns an integer. For an RGB image, it returns a tuple (R, G, B), and for an RGBA image, it returns (R, G, B, A).

Syntax

Image.getpixel(xy)

• xy (tuple or list of two integers): The (x, y) coordinates of the pixel to retrieve.

Example

Here is the image to be used:

The following example demonstrates the usage of the .getpixel() method:

# Import the Image module from the PIL library
from PIL import Image

# Open the image file and store it in the img variable
img = Image.open('peacock.png')

# Get the RGBA value of the pixel at position (50, 50)
rgba_value = img.getpixel((50, 50))

# Print the RGBA value
print(rgba_value)

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The above code produces the following output:

(69, 89, 46, 255)

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The output (69, 89, 46, 255) represents the RGBA values of the pixel at (50, 50) in the image. The values indicate that the red component is 69, the green component is 89, the blue component is 46, and the alpha component is 255, meaning the pixel is fully opaque. Since the image is in RGBA mode, .getpixel() returns four values instead of three.