Darken a color. - Java 2D Graphics

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Description

Darken a color.

Demo Code

/*/* w w w .j  a  v  a 2 s  .  c om*/
 * This class contains various graphics and color utility methods.
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1999 Thomas Studer
 * mailto:tstuder@datacomm.ch
 * http://www.datacomm.ch/tstuder
 *
 * This class is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This class 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
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this class; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
//package com.java2s;
import java.awt.Color;

public class Main {
    private static final Color WHITE_DARKER = new Color(140, 140, 140);
    private static final Color BLACK_DARKER = new Color(75, 75, 75);

    /**
     * Darken a color.
     *
     * @return A new, darker variant of the Color passed in the 'color' parameter.
     * @param color The Color to darken.
     */
    public static Color darker(Color color) {

        if (color.equals(Color.white))
            return WHITE_DARKER;
        else if (color.equals(Color.black))
            return BLACK_DARKER;
        else
            return color.darker();
    }
}

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