conver bmp image to color image

hi.i have a color image and use the crop function to select part of it.but Output image isnt color.why? how get a color image after cropping?

   im=imread('5 2R.bmp');
croppedImage = imcrop(im,[0.5 80.5 45 38]);
imshow(croppedImage);

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Is im an indexed image? What does this say

[im, colorMap] = imread('5 2R.bmp');
whos colorMap
[rows, columns, numberOfColorChannels] = size(im)

[fereshte]

im is a original bmp image and i extraced part of this image by imcrop.but i want a color image in output.how do it?

[Image Analyst]

Please take my suggestion so I can diagnose your problem. What does the command window say when you run the commands I asked you to run? In the meantime, try

rgbImage = ind2rgb(im, colorMap);

[fereshte]

thanks a lot.great