Mix or Blend two or more colors — mix.color • quickcode

Combine colors to generate a new color

Usage

mix.color(color, type = 2, alpha = 1)

Arguments

color: CHARACTER. color vector e.g see example
type: NUMERIC. return type of the output
alpha: NUMERIC. alpha or opacity of the resulting color

Value

hex for the combined color

Examples

# color vector
colvec <- c("red", "blue", "violet", "green", "#ff0066")

# just one color
mix.color(colvec[1], type = 1, alpha = 1)
#> [1] "#FF0000FF"

# add two colors
mix.color(colvec[1:2], type = 1, alpha = 1)
#> [1] "#7F007FFF"

# add three colors
mix.color(colvec[1:3], type = 1, alpha = 1)
#> [1] "#A42BA4FF"


# return type = 2

# just one color
mix.color(colvec[1], type = 2, alpha = 1)
#> [1] "#FF0000FF"

# add two colors
mix.color(colvec[1:2], type = 2, alpha = 1)
#> [1] "#800080FF"

# add three colors
mix.color(colvec[1:3], type = 2, alpha = 1)
#> [1] "#A42BA4FF"


# opacity or alpha  0.5

# just one color
mix.color(colvec[1], type = 1, alpha = 0.5)
#> [1] "#FF00007F"

# add two colors
mix.color(colvec[1:2], type = 1, alpha = 0.5)
#> [1] "#7F007F7F"

# add three colors
mix.color(colvec[1:3], type = 1, alpha = 0.5)
#> [1] "#A42BA47F"

# add all colors
mix.color(colvec, type = 1, alpha = 0.5)
#> [1] "#954D777F"