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Name | ### brightness()
Examples |
    noStroke();
    colorMode(HSB, 255);
    color c = color(0, 126, 255);
    fill(c);
    rect(15, 20, 35, 60);
    float value = brightness(c);  // Sets 'value' to 255
    fill(value);
    rect(50, 20, 35, 60);
Description | Extracts the brightness value from a color.
Syntax |
    brightness(rgb)
Parameters |
rgb | int: any value of the color datatype
Returns | float
Related | red() green() blue() alpha() hue() saturation()

Updated on May 19, 2014 05:30:02pm PDT