ColorExtensionsGetBrightness(ColorF) Method

Gets the brightness of a ColorF instance as a float value in the linear color space. The A component of the specified value is ignored.

Definition

Namespace: KGySoft.Drawing.Imaging
Assembly: KGySoft.Drawing.Core (in KGySoft.Drawing.Core.dll) Version: 9.1.1

C#

public static float GetBrightness(
	this ColorF c
)

VB

<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function GetBrightness ( 
	c As ColorF
) As Single

C++

public:
[ExtensionAttribute]
static float GetBrightness(
	ColorF c
)

F#

[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member GetBrightness : 
        c : ColorF -> float32

Parameters

c ColorF: The Color64 instance to get the brightness of.

Return Value

Single
A float value where 0 represents the darkest and 1 represents the brightest possible value.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type ColorF. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

Note

The result of this method is not gamma corrected. To get a gamma corrected float result, call the ColorSpaceHelper.LinearToSrgb method on the result, or use the GetBrightnessF methods instead.