# Header header = "P3 512 512 255" # 14 bytes # Black pixels # Counting leading pixels, every value takes up 2 bytes black_image_len = len(header) + (2 * 512 * 512) print(black_image_len) # 524302 # White pixels # Counting leading pixels, every value takes up 4 bytes white_image_len = len(header) + (4 * 512 * 512) print(white_image_len) # 1048590