Blends the given colors by the given factor. - Java 2D Graphics

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Description

Blends the given colors by the given factor.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import java.awt.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Blends the given colors by the given factor.
     *
     * @param       cFrom
     *          the color to blend with cTo
     *
     * @param       cTo
     *          the color to blend with cFrom
     *
     * @param       factor
     *          a number between 0 (resulting color will be {@code cFrom})
     *          and 1 (resulting color will be {@code cTo}) inclusive, with
     *          .5 indicating an even blend between the two
     *
     * @return       a blend of the given colors
     *
     * @exception   IllegalArgumentException
     *          if factor is not betwee 0 and 1 inclusive
     */
    public static Color blend(Color cFrom, Color cTo, float factor) {
        if (factor < 0f || factor > 1f) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "factor not between 0 and 1: " + factor);
        }

        float[] rgbaFrom = cFrom.getRGBComponents(null);
        float[] rgbaTo = cTo.getRGBComponents(null);

        rgbaFrom[0] += (rgbaTo[0] - rgbaFrom[0]) * factor;
        rgbaFrom[1] += (rgbaTo[1] - rgbaFrom[1]) * factor;
        rgbaFrom[2] += (rgbaTo[2] - rgbaFrom[2]) * factor;

        return new Color(rgbaFrom[0], rgbaFrom[1], rgbaFrom[2], rgbaFrom[3]);
    }
}

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