Convert color to byte value

Question

In C#, how can I convert a Color object into a byte value?

For example, the color #FFF would be converted to the value 255

Answer 1

You can get the byte values of a .NET Color object with:

byte red = color.R;
byte green = color.G;
byte blue = color.B;

That gives you 3 bytes. I don't know how you expect to get a single byte value. Colors are (AFAIK) almost never represented by single bytes.