Java Color Lighten lighter(Color c)

Description

lighter

License

Open Source License

Return

a lighter color, as opposed to a brighter color as in Color.brighter(). This prevents light colors from getting bleached out.

Declaration

public static Color lighter(Color c) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*  w  w  w. ja v a 2s.  com*/
 * This software copyright by various authors including the RPTools.net
 * development team, and licensed under the LGPL Version 3 or, at your option,
 * any later version.
 * 
 * Portions of this software were originally covered under the Apache Software
 * License, Version 1.1 or Version 2.0.
 * 
 * See the file LICENSE elsewhere in this distribution for license details.
 */

import java.awt.Color;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @return a lighter color, as opposed to a brighter color as in
     *         Color.brighter(). This prevents light colors from getting
     *         bleached out.
     */
    public static Color lighter(Color c) {
        if (c == null)
            return null;
        else {
            int r = c.getRed();
            int g = c.getGreen();
            int b = c.getBlue();

            r += 64 * (255 - r) / 255;
            g += 64 * (255 - g) / 255;
            b += 64 * (255 - b) / 255;

            return new Color(r, g, b);
        }
    }
}

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