rgb

how do i get the rgb values from a 16 bit pixel ?

i know its rrrrr gggggg bbbbb

is there a shift operator to shift the bits to the left and right ?

&h is hexa
&o us octa

but how do i use binary ???

please advise

Ok, take a look at this. 16 bits is two bytes: B B. each byte is, of course, 8 bits: 0000 0000. Now, lets take a look a the lower byte:
GGG BBBBB. In hexidecimal, 256 is &hFF. You want to find the hexidecimal value for 000 11111. I checked, and it is &h1F. To get the BLUE part of a 16 bit color, do this:

Code:

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dim b as byte
b = color And &h1F

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Ill let you explore from there, as I have to run.

Z.