Get color from an image pixel
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Manipulating images and video</title> <meta charset="utf-8"> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(// ww w . java 2s. c o m function() { let canvas = $("#myCanvas"); let context = canvas.get(0).getContext("2d"); let image = new Image(); image.src = "http://java2s.com/style/demo/jet2.png"; $(image).load(function() { context.drawImage(image, 0, 0, 500, 333); }); canvas.click(function(e) { let canvasOffset = canvas.offset(); let canvasX = Math.floor(e.pageX - canvasOffset.left); let canvasY = Math.floor(e.pageY - canvasOffset.top); let imageData = context.getImageData(canvasX, canvasY, 1, 1); let pixel = imageData.data; let pixelColour = "rgba(" + pixel[0] + ", " + pixel[1]+ ", " + pixel[2] + ", " + pixel[3] + ")"; $("body").css("backgroundColor", pixelColour); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <canvas id="myCanvas" width="500" height="500"> <!-- Insert fallback content here --> </canvas> </body> </html>