GIMP - Alpha to Color - colors

I have created a simple square using GIMP which color is a shade of blue (#07192c). I lowered the opacity on this square a bit, and realized I like the shade of blue which was now created from lowering the opacity.
My question is, does GIMP have a function which allows you to select (like the eyedropper) the color of a transparent layer? I've searched but can only find 'color to alpha' which is not what I'm looking for.

You can activate the Sample merged option of the Color Picker tool. This will pick the color as it is shown in the image composition.
This setting is available in the tool options for the color picker:

Layer -> Transparency -> Remove Alpha Channel
Colours -> Map -> Colour Exchange...

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Color is getting darker when using alpha channel / opacity

I draw to a texture with a fragment shader in opengl.
I set my color to 100% red and 50% opacity, but when i then read this color i discover that it is no longer 100% red.
The same can be noticed with gimp.
I choose 100% red color but draw it with 50% opacity, when i then use the color picker tool, it tells me the red color is only 80%.
Is there a way to preserve the color value in opengl es 2.0?
The color is modified by the Bending function and operation. You have to disable blending.
There is no opacity, there is just an alpha channel. The alpha channel and the blend function define how a source color is mixed (blended) with the color in the target buffer. Hence if blending is enabled, then the final color is equal to the source color. If blending is disabled, the the color and the alpha channel are copied to the target without manipulation.

LibGDX - change the inside color, not border

I have a rounded square texture, drawn in paint, with black border. How can I change only the inner color without changing the border color?
EDIT: I did it, but I want to ask if it can be done without using another texture? I also wonder if there is a connection between this and 9patch as in scaling. Can we use that or is there something like that?
You can tint whatever it is what you are drawing, using SpriteBatch. This means that color you specify is multiplied with the color of the image. For example if your image is a white rounded rectangle with a black border and you tint it using the color purple then the inside will be purple and the border will remain black. You didn't provide enough information to be more specific. But if you are for example using the Sprite class then you can use the setColor method to tint it. Likewise if you are using the Image class. If you are drawing the "texture" directly using SpriteBatch then you can use the setColor method of the SpriteBatch.

color blending with GDI+

I am refering to a older question saying color blending with GDI+
Using GDI+ with Windows Forms, I want to be able to draw with a pen and blend color based on the destination pixel color.
For example, if I draw a line and it passes over black pixels, I want it to be a lighter color (like white for example) so that it's visible. When that same line passes over white pixels, it should be a darker color (black for example) so that it's still clearly visible.
the answers says to use a color matrix for transformation
so i started implementing it..
My image is present in raw data format in rgb48
Gdiplus::Bitmap image(input.width,input.height,input.width*6,PixelFormat48bppRGB,(unsigned char*)rgb48);
Gdiplus::Image *images= image.GetThumbnailImage(input.width,input.height);
Gdiplus::TextureBrush brush(images);
Gdiplus::Pen pen(&brush);
Gdiplus::ColorMatrix matrix={
-1.0f,0.0f,0.0f,0.0f,0.0f,
0.0f,-1.0f,0.0f,0.0f,0.0f,
0.0f,0.0f,-1.0f,0.0f,0.0f,
0.0f,0.0f,0.0f,1.0f,0.0f,
1.0f,1.0f,1.0f,0.0f,1.0f,
};
Gdiplus::Graphics gfx(&image1);
Gdiplus::ImageAttributes imageAttr;
imageAttr.SetColorMatrix(&matrix);
gfx.DrawImage(images,Gdiplus::Rect(0,0,input.width,input.height),0,0,1024,1024,Gdiplus::UnitPixel,&imageAttr);
I am not getting what i expect..Can some one help me in finding the mistake i m doing.
You can use the alpha component of a color to specify transparency, so that colors can be combined. However, if you want the combination to be something other than the alpha blend, you must draw the pixels yourself. You could first draw into a transparent bitmap, then render that onto the destination pixel by pixel.

Remove the picture edges

I downloaded a icon, and now i want to reset the color of it, but i'm not good at photoshop, i've set the color of it to be red, but there are to many edges and corners, please tell me how to remove those edges by using photoshop step by step, thanks a lot.
here is the icon i downloaded:
and this is my ugly one:
The best way to alter a single color like this on a simple image such as this is to alter the Hue and Saturation [CTRL / CMD + U]...
This allows you greater color control and keeps the anti-aliased edges of the image intact.
Most beginners alter colors like this by simply selecting the color with the wand, or using the paint bucket on the color. Unfortunately this usually does one of 2 things:
Makes the ragged edges that you saw.
Leaves a halo of the old color as an orphan.
I did this in a few seconds with that tool:

Color Space Inversion for contrasting grid

I have a randomly colored background that is split into solid colored rectangles. I want to draw a grid over the rectangles (this is not the problem). The issue is because of the random colors I cannot hard-code the grid color because it may not show up.
Another way to think about this is plotting a grid on a plot of a surface f(x,y). If the grid color happens to be the same color of the function (however it is defined) then it won't be visible.
I would like to take the background color and compute a new color (either grayscale or similar to the background color) that is contrasted with the color so it can easily be seen (but not distracting such as pure white on pure black).
I've tried using the luminance and weighted luminance but it doesn't work well for all colors. I've also tried gamma correcting the colors but it also does not work well.
I would also like the grid color to be as uniform as possible (I could possibly compute the adjacent grid colors to blend in). It is not that important but would be nice to have some uniformity.
The code I'm working with is based around
//byte I = (byte)(0.2*R + 0.7*G + 0.1*B);
//byte I = (byte)(R + G + B)/3.0);
byte I = (byte)(Math.Max(Bar.Background.R, Math.Max(Bar.Background.G, Bar.Background.B)));
if (I < 120)
I = (byte)(I + 30);
else
I = (byte)(I - 30);
//I = (byte)(Math.Pow(I/255.0, 1/2.0)*255);
I've also tried gamma correcting the rgb's first.
Anyone have any ideas?
The colors that offer the most contrast are colors that are fully saturated. This offers you a way to find color that may work(but not necessarily for many reasons). Essentially you pick the color the furthest away along the line connecting color and the fully saturated color.

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