From b21818cbe836d772be5d259cd07ed24a0279e403 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Burns <christopher.burns@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:49:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fixup! feedback

---
 src/types/common.jl    | 12 +++++++-----
 src/types/widepixel.jl |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/types/common.jl b/src/types/common.jl
index 9643555..a3af4f9 100644
--- a/src/types/common.jl
+++ b/src/types/common.jl
@@ -110,9 +110,7 @@ julia> eltype(color(img; alpha=4)) # use the fourth channel as an alpha channel
 RGBA{Float32}
 ```
 """
-function color(img::AbstractTIFF{<: WidePixel{C, X}}; alpha::Union{Nothing, Integer}=nothing) where {C, X}
-    alpha == nothing ? color.(img) : ColorTypes.coloralpha(C).(ColorTypes.color.(color.(img)), channel.(img, alpha))
-end
+color(img::AbstractTIFF{<: WidePixel}; alpha::Union{Nothing, Integer}=nothing) = color.(img; alpha)
 
 """
     color(img::AbstractTIFF)
@@ -122,11 +120,15 @@ This is an identity relation that just returns `img`
 color(img::AbstractTIFF) = img
 
 """
-    color(x::WidePixel)
+    color(x::WidePixel; alpha)
 
 Return the value of the `color` field of `x`
+
+The optional `alpha` parameter allows an arbitrary channel to be used as the alpha channel
 """
-color(x::WidePixel) = x.color
+function color(x::WidePixel{C, X}; alpha::Union{Nothing, Integer}=nothing) where {C, X}
+    alpha == nothing ? x.color : ColorTypes.coloralpha(C)(ColorTypes.color(x.color), channel(x, alpha))
+end
 
 """
     color(x::Colorant)
diff --git a/src/types/widepixel.jl b/src/types/widepixel.jl
index d9da226..9288bd8 100644
--- a/src/types/widepixel.jl
+++ b/src/types/widepixel.jl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function Base.show(io::IO, x::WidePixel{C,X}) where {C, X}
     if get(io, :compact, false)
         print(io, "WidePixel($(x.color))")
     else
-        print(io, "WidePixel($(x.color)) + $(length(x.extra)) extra channels")
+        len = length(x.extra)
+        print(io, "WidePixel($(x.color)) + $len extra channel$(len > 1 ? "s" : "")")
     end
 end
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