Blend

Blend[{col1,col2},x]

gives a color obtained by blending a fraction of color col1 and of color col2.

Blend[{col1,col2,col3,…},x]

linearly interpolates between colors coli as x varies from 0 to 1.

Blend[{{x1,col1},{x2,col2},…},x]

interpolates to give coli when x=xi.

Blend[{col1,col2,…},{u1,u2,…}]

blends all the coli, using fraction ui of color coli.

Blend[{image1,image2,…},…]

blends pixel values of 2D or 3D images imagei.

Details

  • Blend implements additive color mixing as appropriate for colored light sources or light‐generating displays.
  • In Blend[{col1,…,coln},{u1,…,un}], the ui are normalized to have total 1. »
  • Blend[{col1,col2,…}] blends equal fractions of all the coli.
  • In Blend[{image1,image2},x], if image1 and image2 are of different dimensions, linear interpolation of the dimensions is used.
  • Blend[{image,col},x] blends every pixel of image with the color col.
  • In Blend[{image1,col1,…,coln,image2},x], coli is interpreted as an image whose dimensions are taken from a linear interpolation between dimensions of image1 and image2.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (5)

Blend two colors by fractions:

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Generate an array of blended colors ranging from red to blue:

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Represent the height as a blend from yellow to purple:

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Average two colors equally:

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Blend pixels of an image with a color:

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Scope  (10)

Generalizations & Extensions  (1)

Applications  (1)

Properties & Relations  (7)

Possible Issues  (2)

Interactive Examples  (4)

Neat Examples  (2)

See Also

ColorData  Lighter  Darker  Opacity  LinearGradientImage  RadialGradientImage  ColorFunction  GrayLevel  Hue  RGBColor  ColorSlider  ImageCompose  ImageExposureCombine  ImageFocusCombine  Interpolation

Introduced in 2007
(6.0)
| Updated in 2014
(10.0)