void load_and_initialize_samples()
{
  total_samples = 27;
  samples = (Sample *) malloc(sizeof(Sample) * total_samples);

  for(int i = 0; i < total_samples; i++) {
    samples[i].components = (unsigned int *) malloc(sizeof(unsigned int) * TOTAL_COMPONENTS);
  }

  samples[0].components[0] = 3;
  samples[0].components[1] = 255;
  samples[0].components[2] = 0;

  samples[1].components[0] = 0;
  samples[1].components[1] = 247;
  samples[1].components[2] = 3;
// ...
  samples[26].components[0] = 5;
  samples[26].components[1] = 3;
  samples[26].components[2] = 234;
}