mix.color {quickcode}

Mix or Blend two or more colors

Description

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)

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

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


# return type = 2

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

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

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


# opacity or alpha  0.5

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

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

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

# add all colors
mix.color(colvec, type = 1, alpha = 0.5)