# Average color of a bitmap?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/average-color-of-a-bitmap/204810
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**Created:** [October 23, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/average-color-of-a-bitmap/204810 "2006-10-23T18:53:35Z")
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### Author: ![xohol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xohol](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/xohol)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/average-color-of-a-bitmap/204810/1 "2006-10-23T18:53:35Z")

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Hello,  
Is there a way to determing the ‘average’ color of an image.

i know how to pick the color of each pixel of an image using BitmapData,  
now is there a way to average all of the colors of each pixel efficiantly?  
thanks, any help would be greatly appreciated.  
Q