Unexpected values for color at specific pixel

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Hey everyone,

first of all thanks for reading my question!

I am new to OpenCV and currently I try to get the color at a specific pixel of my image. I looked at various other posts but I am very confused by the results.
https://answers.opencv.org/question/1870/find-pixel-color-out-of-cvmat-on-specific-position/

Lets look at this test code:

    cv::Mat greenMat(cv::Size(300, 300), CV_8UC4);

    greenMat.setTo(cv::Scalar(0, 255, 0));

    for (int i = 0; i < greenMat.cols; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < greenMat.rows; j++) {
            Vec3b color = greenMat.at<Vec3b>(i, j);

            std::cout << "color: " << color << std::endl;
        }
    }

This creates a completely green image. Why is the output of the color not constantly a green one? Instead I get a mix of the following:

color: [255, 0, 0]
color: [0, 255, 0]
color: [0, 0, 255]
color: [0, 0, 0]

What am I misunderstanding here?

Thanks and best wishes,
Philipp

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Hi,
You wrote CV_8UC4 it means four channels B,G,R,X x can bewhat you want.

cv::Scalar(0, 255, 0))

It’s only three channel and Ve3b too so it’s wrong
Use CV_8UC3 :

 cv::Mat greenMat(cv::Size(300, 300), CV_8UC3);
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Hey Laurent,
You are correct, this works. Thanks so much for your answer!

Best,
Philipp

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