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Randomly generate pastel UIColor in Swift
// Adapted from Stack Overflow answer by David Crow http://stackoverflow.com/a/43235
// Question: Algorithm to randomly generate an aesthetically-pleasing color palette by Brian Gianforcaro
// Method randomly generates a pastel color, and optionally mixes it with another color
func generateRandomPastelColor(withMixedColor mixColor: UIColor?) -> UIColor {
// Randomly generate number in closure
let randomColorGenerator = { ()-> CGFloat in
CGFloat(arc4random() % 256 ) / 256
}
var red: CGFloat = randomColorGenerator()
var green: CGFloat = randomColorGenerator()
var blue: CGFloat = randomColorGenerator()
// Mix the color
if let mixColor = mixColor {
var mixRed: CGFloat = 0, mixGreen: CGFloat = 0, mixBlue: CGFloat = 0;
mixColor.getRed(&mixRed, green: &mixGreen, blue: &mixBlue, alpha: nil)
red = (red + mixRed) / 2;
green = (green + mixGreen) / 2;
blue = (blue + mixBlue) / 2;
}
return UIColor(red: red, green: green, blue: blue, alpha: 1)
}
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