- (UIColor *)colorAtPixel:(CGPoint)point {

// Cancel if point is outside image coordinates

if (!CGRectContainsPoint(CGRectMake(0.0f,
0.0f, self.size.width,
self.size.height), point)) {

return nil;

}

NSInteger pointX =
trunc(point.x);

NSInteger pointY =
trunc(point.y);

CGImageRef cgImage =
self.CGImage;

NSUInteger width =
self.size.width;

NSUInteger height =
self.size.height;

CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace =
CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();

int bytesPerPixel =
4;

int bytesPerRow = bytesPerPixel *
1;

NSUInteger bitsPerComponent =
8;

unsigned char pixelData[4] = {
0, 0,
0, 0 };

CGContextRef context =
CGBitmapContextCreate(pixelData,

1,

1,

bitsPerComponent,

bytesPerRow,

colorSpace,

kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast |
kCGBitmapByteOrder32Big);

CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);

CGContextSetBlendMode(context,
kCGBlendModeCopy);

// Draw the pixel we are interested in onto the bitmap context

CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -pointX, pointY-(CGFloat)height);

CGContextDrawImage(context,
CGRectMake(0.0f,
0.0f, (CGFloat)width, (CGFloat)height), cgImage);

CGContextRelease(context);

// Convert color values [0..255] to floats [0.0..1.0]

CGFloat red   = (CGFloat)pixelData[0] /
255.0f;

CGFloat green = (CGFloat)pixelData[1] /
255.0f;

CGFloat blue  = (CGFloat)pixelData[2] /
255.0f;

CGFloat alpha = (CGFloat)pixelData[3] /
255.0f;

return [UIColor
colorWithRed:red green:green
blue:blue alpha:alpha];

}

UIImage+ColorAtPixel.h

#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

/*

 A category on UIImage that enables you to query the color value of arbitrary

 pixels of the image.

 */

@interface UIImage (ColorAtPixel)

- (UIColor *)colorAtPixel:(CGPoint)point;

@end

#import <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>

#import "UIImage+ColorAtPixel.h"

@implementation UIImage (ColorAtPixel)

- (UIColor *)colorAtPixel:(CGPoint)point {

    // Cancel if point is outside image coordinates

    if (!CGRectContainsPoint(CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, self.size.width, self.size.height), point)) {

        return nil;

    }

    NSInteger pointX = trunc(point.x);

    NSInteger pointY = trunc(point.y);

    CGImageRef cgImage = self.CGImage;

    NSUInteger width = self.size.width;

    NSUInteger height = self.size.height;

    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();

    int bytesPerPixel = 4;

    int bytesPerRow = bytesPerPixel * 1;

    NSUInteger bitsPerComponent = 8;

    unsigned char pixelData[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };

    CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(pixelData,

                                                 1,

                                                 1,

                                                 bitsPerComponent,

                                                 bytesPerRow,

                                                 colorSpace,

                                                 kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast | kCGBitmapByteOrder32Big);

    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);

    CGContextSetBlendMode(context, kCGBlendModeCopy);

    // Draw the pixel we are interested in onto the bitmap context

    CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -pointX, pointY-(CGFloat)height);

    CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, (CGFloat)width, (CGFloat)height), cgImage);

    CGContextRelease(context);

    // Convert color values [0..255] to floats [0.0..1.0]

    CGFloat red   = (CGFloat)pixelData[0] / 255.0f;

    CGFloat green = (CGFloat)pixelData[1] / 255.0f;

    CGFloat blue  = (CGFloat)pixelData[2] / 255.0f;

    CGFloat alpha = (CGFloat)pixelData[3] / 255.0f;

    return [UIColor colorWithRed:red green:green blue:blue alpha:alpha];

}

@end