Random Colors


Random Colors


September 24, 2016

example processing for-loop
void setup() {
  size(200, 100);
  noSmooth();
}

void draw() {
  for(int y = 0; y < height; y++){
    for(int x = 0; x < width; x++){
      float r = random(256);
      float g = random(256);
      float b = random(256);
      stroke(r, g, b);
      point(x, y);
    }
  }
}

This code uses a nested for loop to loop over every pixel in the window. For each pixel, it creates a random color and draws a point with that color at that pixel.

random colors

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Tweak Ideas

  • Instead of drawing a random color, use the noise() function to come up with a shade of gray for each pixel. Read more about Perlin noise for more info.
  • Take a big number like pi or Euler’s number. Visualize that number by going through the first 100 (or 1000, or 1,000,000) digits. For each digit, draw a pixel with a color based on that digit. For example if the digit is 0 draw a red pixel, if it’s 1 draw a green pixel, etc.

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