whiten

Lightens a colour or a pixmap.

Syntax

• whiten(c)

  • c is a colour

• whiten(pm)

  • pm is a pixmap

Description

If c is a colour, then whiten(c) returns the colour obtained by halving the distance from 1 for each RGB component of c.

If pm is a pixmap, then whiten(pm) returns the pixmap obtained by halving the distance from 1 for each RGB component of each pixel of pm.

Examples

ExampleData("rabbit")

whiten(ans)

See also

• darken