# Retrieve Pixel Colour of Off Screen Graphics

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieve-pixel-colour-of-off-screen-graphics/323535>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 5, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieve-pixel-colour-of-off-screen-graphics/323535 "2011-07-05T21:17:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![noahssite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de053/32.png) [@noahssite](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/noahssite)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/retrieve-pixel-colour-of-off-screen-graphics/323535/1 "2011-07-05T21:17:22Z")

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Hello, I have a sprite which is 125px by 125px.

A circle is drawn using the graphics object of this sprite. The circles midpoint is 0,0 of the sprite. When the user clicks the sprite an event is fired. How do I retrieve the colour of the pixel that the user clicked on the sprite?

Thanks,  
Noah