My Colored image gets read as a bw image

pic=imread('C:\Users\Acer\Desktop\p.png');

imshow(pic) (this is how the image in my desktop looks)

(this how the matlab reads it)

Answer 1

[Ameer Hamza]

MATLAB is loading it as an indexed image: https://www.mathworks.com/help/images/image-types-in-the-toolbox.html#f14-17587. The following show how to display it properly

[im, cm] = imread('image.png', 'png');
imshow(im, 'Colormap', cm)

If you also want an rgb image

[im, cm] = imread('image.png', 'png');
im_rgb = ind2rgb(im, cm);
imshow(im_rgb)

[Altina Rexha]

thank you sm it works

[Ameer Hamza]

I am glad to be of help!