diff --git a/src/main/clojure/mikera/image/colours.clj b/src/main/clojure/mikera/image/colours.clj
index 13bb1a6..3ce92f0 100644
--- a/src/main/clojure/mikera/image/colours.clj
+++ b/src/main/clojure/mikera/image/colours.clj
@@ -25,14 +25,19 @@
     (long-colour (Colours/getARGBClamped (double a)  (double r) (double g) (double b)))))
 
 (defn components-argb 
-  "Return the ARGB components of a colour value, in a 4-element vector of double values"
+  "Return the ARGB components of a colour value, in a 4-element vector of long values"
   ([^long argb]
-    (TODO)))
+   [(bit-shift-right (bit-and argb 0xFF000000) 24)
+    (bit-shift-right (bit-and argb 0x00FF0000) 16)
+    (bit-shift-right (bit-and argb 0x0000FF00) 8)
+    (bit-and argb 0x000000FF)]))
 
 (defn components-rgb 
-  "Return the RGB components of a colour value, in a 3-element vector of double values"
+  "Return the RGB components of a colour value, in a 3-element vector of long values"
   ([^long argb]
-    (TODO)))
+   [(bit-shift-right (bit-and argb 0x00FF0000) 16)
+    (bit-shift-right (bit-and argb 0x0000FF00) 8)
+    (bit-and argb 0x000000FF)]))
 
 (defn rand-colour
   "Returns a random RGB colour value with 100% alpha"
@@ -49,4 +54,4 @@
     orange pink red white yellow))
 
 (doseq [colour JAVA-COLOURS]
-  (eval `(def ~colour (long-colour (.getRGB (. Color ~colour))))))
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+  (eval `(def ~colour (long-colour (.getRGB (. Color ~colour))))))
diff --git a/src/test/clojure/mikera/image/test_colours.clj b/src/test/clojure/mikera/image/test_colours.clj
index aa92ef7..a3e2610 100644
--- a/src/test/clojure/mikera/image/test_colours.clj
+++ b/src/test/clojure/mikera/image/test_colours.clj
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
 (deftest test-rgb
   (is (== 0xFF000000 (rgb 0 0 0))))
 
+(deftest test-components-argb
+  (is (= [0xDE 0xAD 0xBE 0xEF] (components-argb 0xDEADBEEF))))
+
+(deftest test-components-rgb
+  (is (= [0xFE 0xBA 0xBE] (components-rgb 0xCAFEBABE))))
+
 (deftest test-rand-colour
   (let [rc (rand-colour)]
     (is (== 0xFF000000 (bit-and 0xFF000000 rc)))))