Import Image using VB.net component

Hello,
I am trying to recreate the native component “Import Image” in my custom VB.net component to import image as colored mesh.
I managed to read the pixels from the original image:
Dim logo As New Drawing.Bitmap(ImagePath)
For i As Integer = 0 To logo.Width - 1
For j As Integer = 0 To logo.Height - 1
Dim PixelCol As Drawing.Color = logo.GetPixel(i, j)
Next
Next
However, I am not able to create the mesh (Delaunay.solver is very slow). Please, what is the most efficient way to turn the vertices and colors into a mesh in the same way as the component Import Image does it?

You create a rectangular grid mesh using Mesh.CreateFromPlane then assign all your sampled colours in one go with Mesh.VertexColors.SetColors.

Thank you, David. It works!

Dim logo As New System.Drawing.Bitmap(path)

Dim ImgX As Integer = logo.Width
Dim ImgY As Integer = logo.Height

Dim mymesh As Mesh = mesh.CreateFromPlane(myplane, New Interval(0, ImgX), New interval (0, ImgY), ImgX-1, ImgY-1)

Dim newcolors As New list(Of System.Drawing.Color)

For j As Integer = 0 To ImgY - 1
  For i As Integer = 0 To ImgX - 1
    newcolors.add(logo.GetPixel(i, ImgY - j - 1))
  Next
Next

mymesh.VertexColors.SetColors(newcolors.toarray)
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