[Tutor] Numpy unexpected result: subtraction of cell values

[Carnell, James E]

I'm sure this is easy, but I am having a difficult time finding the
right search terms to find it on the Internet. Any help much
appreciated.

3 dimensional array(x,y,rgb) which is a PIL image into a numpy array
using 'asarray' function.

I want to subtract the Red Value in an array cell from a neighboring Red
Value cell.

>>> pictArray[39][4]           		#pixel at 39 4
array([150, 140, 120], dtype=unint8)

>>> pictArray[39][5] 			#pixel at 39 5
array([160, 150, 120], dtype=unint8)

>>> pictArray[39][4][0]			#red pixel
150

>>> pictArray[39][5[0]			#neighboring red pixel
160

>>> pictArray[39][4] - pictArray[39][5] )
246  # <---------------  ???  vs -10

How do I get the number -10? Does this have to do with the dtype?


Thanks in advance, 

James Carnell
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