blendcolors: Blends a list of colors using the specified blend mode

In thisplot: Utility Functions for Plotting

Blends a list of colors using the specified blend mode

Description

Blends a list of colors using the specified blend mode

Usage

blendcolors(colors, mode = c("blend", "average", "screen", "multiply"))

Arguments

colors	Color vectors.
mode	Blend mode. One of "blend", "average", "screen", or "multiply".

Value

A character vector of hexadecimal color codes representing the blended color.

Examples

blend <- c(
  "red",
  "green",
  blendcolors(c("red", "green"),
    mode = "blend"
  )
)
average <- c(
  "red",
  "green",
  blendcolors(c("red", "green"),
    mode = "average"
  )
)
screen <- c(
  "red",
  "green",
  blendcolors(c("red", "green"),
    mode = "screen"
  )
)
multiply <- c(
  "red",
  "green",
  blendcolors(c("red", "green"),
    mode = "multiply"
  )
)
show_palettes(
  list(
    "blend" = blend,
    "average" = average,
    "screen" = screen,
    "multiply" = multiply
  )
)

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