function data = color_read(name)
item_size = 8;

fid = fopen(name,'r');
if(fid < 0)
	data = fid;
	return;
end;

version = fread(fid,1,'uint');
prec_type = fscanf(fid,'%s',1);
fread(fid,1,'uint8');
n_rows = fread(fid,1,'uint');
n_cols = fread(fid,1,'uint');
data_size = fread(fid,1,'uint');
data = reshape(fread(fid,n_rows*n_cols,prec_type),n_rows,n_cols);
[n_rows,n_cols] = size(data)

fclose(fid);