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Name

brightness()

Description

Extracts the brightness value from a color.

Examples

```
size(400,400);
noStroke();
colorMode(HSB, 255);
color c = color(0, 126, 255);
fill(c);
rect(60, 80, 140, 240);
float value = brightness(c);  // Sets 'value' to 255
fill(value);
rect(200, 80, 140, 240);
```

Syntax

brightness(rgb)

Parameters

rgb(int)any value of the color datatype

Return

float

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