Here you can find the source of mixOver(Color backColor, Color frontColor)
public static Color mixOver(Color backColor, Color frontColor)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w. j ava 2 s . c o m * Copyright 2010, 2011 Institut Pasteur. * * This file is part of ICY. * * ICY is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * ICY is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with ICY. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.awt.Color; public class Main { /** * Mix 2 colors with priority color */ public static Color mixOver(Color backColor, Color frontColor) { final int r, g, b, a; final float frontAlpha = frontColor.getAlpha() / 255f; final float invAlpha = 1f - frontAlpha; r = (int) ((backColor.getRed() * invAlpha) + (frontColor.getRed() * frontAlpha)); g = (int) ((backColor.getGreen() * invAlpha) + (frontColor.getGreen() * frontAlpha)); b = (int) ((backColor.getBlue() * invAlpha) + (frontColor.getBlue() * frontAlpha)); a = Math.max(backColor.getAlpha(), frontColor.getAlpha()); return new Color(r, g, b, a); } }