Content import numpy as np from PIL import Image IMAGE_FILE = "trim_nyan_cat.png" # convert png to string object where each string is: # "x,y,R,G,B" img = Image.open(IMAGE_FILE).convert('RGB') arr = np.array(img).tolist() y = 1 pixels = [] for row in arr: x = 1 for column in row: tmp_string = str(x) + ',' + str(y) for item in column: tmp_string += ',' + str(item) pixels.append(tmp_string) x += 1 y += 1 print("NYAN = " + str(pixels))