help with script to calculate variation HEX RGB

[ibieel]

hey guys, I'm wanting to create a script in which I input 2 colors and the script return the variation (0 to 255) between the two colors in each spectrum of "RGB".
can anybody help me?

[Spawnova]

You can use some bitwise operations to get the individual rgb components then do some subtraction

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color1 := 0x123456
color2 := 0x654321

r := abs(((color1&0xFF0000)>>16) - ((color2&0xFF0000)>>16))
g := abs(((color1&0xFF00)>>8) - ((color2&0xFF00)>>8))
b := abs((color1&0xFF) - (color2&0xFF))

msgbox % "Variations:`nRed: " r "`nGreen: " g "`nBlue: " b

[ibieel]

You can use some bitwise operations to get the individual rgb components then do some subtraction

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color1 := 0x123456
color2 := 0x654321

r := abs(((color1&0xFF0000)>>16) - ((color2&0xFF0000)>>16))
g := abs(((color1&0xFF00)>>8) - ((color2&0xFF00)>>8))
b := abs((color1&0xFF) - (color2&0xFF))

msgbox % "Variations:`nRed: " r "`nGreen: " g "`nBlue: " b

interesting, I had some doubts in this code, can you help me?
1- why did you put "&0xFF0000" as a math operation?
2- what does ">>" mean?
3- why did you use "16" in R and "8" in green and none in blue
4- why was it changing from "0xFF0000" to "0xFF" to BLUE?