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Built-in Mathematica Symbol

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Lighter

Lighter[color]
represents a lighter version of the specified color.

Lighter[color, f]
represents a version of the specified color lightened by a fraction f.

Lighter[image, ...]
gives a lighter version of an image.

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Lighter[color, 1] gives white. »

Lighter[color, 0] gives color. »

Lighter[color] is equivalent to Lighter[color, 1/3]. »

Lighter[color, f] for values of f outside the range 0 to 1 are clipped.

Lighter[{col₁, col₂, ...}, ...] gives lighter versions of each of the col_i. »

Basic Examples (3)

Lighter version of colors:

Specify how much the color should be lightened by using a fraction:

Lighter version of an image:

Applications (2)

Properties & Relations (2)

Possible Issues (2)

Neat Examples (1)

Darker Blend GrayLevel ColorSlider ImageAdjust

Demonstrations with Lighter (Wolfram Demonstrations Project)

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