lighten: Blend colours and palettes using lighten mode

In blends: Blend Colours and Palettes

Blend colours and palettes using lighten mode

Description

Lightens colours by selecting the lighter of two colour values for each RGB channel. Useful for creating highlights or combining light elements.

Usage

lighten(...)

Arguments

...	Either one or two colour/palette arguments: If one argument: the colour or palette is blended with itself If two arguments: the first is blended with the second Each argument can be a character vector of colours or a ⁠scales::pal_*()⁠ function

Value

Character vector of blended colours or a blending function.

Examples

lighten("#FFA600FF", "#8991A1FF")

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