How to find your image's RGB Values

[MortalElf]

In this tutorial, we'll be using MS Paint on a Windows PC. You may click on the images below for a larger version.


Step 1: Open the image you wish to examine.




Step 2: Zoom in until you can see clearly the area for which you wish to determine the RGB values.




Step 3: Use the Eyedropper (Sample) tool to change your selected color to the color you wish to examine.




Step 4: Choose "Edit Colors" from the "Colors" Menu at the top of the screen, then press the "Define Custom Colors" button. The color you selected should be displayed.




See the boxes marked "Red", "Green" and "Blue"? Those are your RGB values! Feel free to use my [url=http://mortal_elf.tripod.com/automagic.htm]new tool here[/url] to determine the appropriate DMC floss, or manually search here.



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[littlemojo]

This is wonderful! Thank you very much It will come in very handy, I'm sure.

[MortalElf]

Thanks! It's nice to feel useful.



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[johloh]

nice...simple and straightforward tutorial. thanks for the contribution!

[dragonfoxmem]

sorry, I find it really flaw in that RGB to DMC.

I tried to use purplish color, but it keeps said "not in my database."

[MortalElf]

I tried to use purplish color, but it keeps said "not in my database."

Unfortunately, not every color exactly matches one of the DMC floss colors. Assuming you are correctly entering the Red, Green and Blue values (all values should be between 0 and 255), try increasing the Variance amount to get a "best guess" list of colors. I generally go by powers of 2 (set Variance to 16, 32, 64).

What color are you trying to match?



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[dragonfoxmem]

... try increasing the Variance amount to get a "best guess" list of colors. I generally go by powers of 2 (set Variance to 16, 32, 64).

What color are you trying to match?



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/Mortal_Elf/

ahh, I see. This Variance should be explained in first place.

I was trying to match colors of Gengar (Pokemon) sprite.

[jelibe]

I've never used the RGB tool before, I don't think I've really needed it yet. I've just been doing it by eye to see whats right. I will probably need this in the future though. I really understand the tutoral so its good to know and come back to if I need to sometime. Thanks for this.

[MortalElf]

ahh, I see. This Variance should be explained in first place.

I was trying to match colors of Gengar (Pokemon) sprite.

Sorry, it's explained in the Instructions at the webpage, but since the tool is outside the scope of this tutorial, I didn't bother to post explicit instructions on it here.

Did you find an appropriate floss color? If not, go ahead and post your RGB values here, or PM me, and I'll see what I can do.



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[dragonfoxmem]

Did you find an appropriate floss color? If not, go ahead and post your RGB values here, or PM me, and I'll see what I can do.



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Mortal_Elf/

yea, it seems close enough to the original color.