vw rx working

//Reciever Code (Teensy 2)
#include <VirtualWire.h>
int red, green, blue;

int RedPin = 4;
int GreenPin = 9;
int BluePin = 10;
char cRGB[8];
char Cred[2],Cgreen[2],Cblue[2];
void setup()
{
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(RedPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(GreenPin, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(BluePin, OUTPUT);

  vw_setup(4000);
  vw_set_rx_pin(7);
  vw_rx_start();
}

void loop(){
    uint8_t buf[VW_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN];
    uint8_t buflen = VW_MAX_MESSAGE_LEN;

    // Non-blocking
    if (vw_get_message(buf, &buflen))
    {
    int i;
        for (i = 0; i < buflen; i++)
    {
          cRGB[i] = char(buf[i]); //fill cRGB with msg that was received
    }
        cRGB[buflen] = '\0'; //something for safety

// Convert cRGB Char array to smaller char arrays to eventually turn into numbers. (its awful, i know)
    Cred[0] = cRGB[1];
    Cred[1] = cRGB[2];
    red = int(strtol(Cred, NULL, 16));
    analogWrite (RedPin, red);

    Cgreen[0] = cRGB[3];
    Cgreen[1] = cRGB[4];
    green = int(strtol(Cgreen, NULL, 16));
    analogWrite (GreenPin, green);

    Cblue[0] = cRGB[5];
    Cblue[1] = cRGB[6];
    blue = int(strtol(Cblue, NULL, 16));
    analogWrite (BluePin, blue);

    Serial.println(red); //for monitoring
    Serial.println(green);
    Serial.println(blue);
    Serial.println("------------");


    }
}