# PicoGraphics read pixel value

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**Created:** [March 2, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picographics-read-pixel-value/24337 "2024-03-02T13:15:36Z")\
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Hi, I wish to read a PicoGraphics pixel value in MicroPython, I can see other questions but couldn’t find an answer.

I am assuming the jpeg library does not support transparency, I did try but it didn’t seem to work.

I want to display an image over the top of a pre-existing image without blocking out the portion of the original image.

I was going to draw overlay image, read pixels into array, draw background image, then set pixels from the array, probably ORing the values.