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DragonCoke

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Registered: 2017-06-06

Posts: 1

merge_color_squared

Expand/// merge_color_squared(col1,col2,amount);
//
// Returns a color merged from two colors by the specified amount. The values
// are squared to make a more natural blend.
//
//		col1 		the first color
//		col2 		the second color
//		amount	amount of blend, 0 - 1
//
//
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{
	var _col1 = argument0;
	var _col2 = argument1;
	var _amount = argument2;

	var _col;
	_col[1,2] = colour_get_blue(_col2);
	_col[1,1] = colour_get_green(_col2);
	_col[1,0] = colour_get_red(_col2);

	_col[0,2] = colour_get_blue(_col1);
	_col[0,1] = colour_get_green(_col1);
	_col[0,0] = colour_get_red(_col1);


	for (var i=0;i<3;i++) {
		_col[0,i] = sqrt(
			lerp(
				sqr(_col[0,i]),
				sqr(_col[1,i]),
				_amount
			)
		);
	}


	return make_colour_rgb(_col[0,0],_col[0,1],_col[0,2]);
}

xot

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Registered: 2007-08-18

Posts: 1,240

Re: merge_color_squared

Welcome to the forums, DragonCoke, and thank you for the submission.

This is a cool variation of merge_color() that fixes some of the aesthetic drawbacks of lerping through the RGB color cube. I'll be sure to add it to the site.

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