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Generate gradient color from 2 or 3 colors using JavaScript. Example: https://jsfiddle.net/e18g5f3L/
/**
* You may use this function with both 2 or 3 interval colors for your gradient.
* For example, you want to have a gradient between Bootstrap's danger-warning-success colors.
*/
function colorGradient(fadeFraction, rgbColor1, rgbColor2, rgbColor3) {
var color1 = rgbColor1;
var color2 = rgbColor2;
var fade = fadeFraction;
// Do we have 3 colors for the gradient? Need to adjust the params.
if (rgbColor3) {
fade = fade * 2;
// Find which interval to use and adjust the fade percentage
if (fade >= 1) {
fade -= 1;
color1 = rgbColor2;
color2 = rgbColor3;
}
}
var diffRed = color2.red - color1.red;
var diffGreen = color2.green - color1.green;
var diffBlue = color2.blue - color1.blue;
var gradient = {
red: parseInt(Math.floor(color1.red + (diffRed * fade)), 10),
green: parseInt(Math.floor(color1.green + (diffGreen * fade)), 10),
blue: parseInt(Math.floor(color1.blue + (diffBlue * fade)), 10),
};
return 'rgb(' + gradient.red + ',' + gradient.green + ',' + gradient.blue + ')';
}
@lvronghua
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Useless

@maxx-dev
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This comment is useless. The function is fine ! Great work !

@elron
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elron commented Jun 4, 2018

Thank you!! exactly what I needed

@Alwinator
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Alwinator commented Mar 2, 2020

@gskema Cool function, thank you!

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gskema commented Mar 3, 2020

@elron yeah thanks bro

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elron commented Mar 3, 2020

I'm not sure why you're thanking me, I did not create its. All thanks to @gskema

@atulram
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atulram commented Jun 24, 2021

Exactly what I needed. Thanks

@Lathifahdhiya
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Is there any example on how this function works?

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gskema commented Jun 29, 2021

@Lathifahdhiya
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@gskema Thank you!

@joocer
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joocer commented Aug 14, 2021

Thanks for this, I used this to help build a gradient builder with an arbitrary number of colors by changing the start of the function: https://gist.github.com/joocer/bf1626d38dd74fef9d9e5fb18fef517c

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MrZyr0 commented Feb 3, 2022

Thank you so much for this, it really help me !

I took the liberty of repeating your work in my own way on this pen : https://codepen.io/Zyr0/pen/dyZXepz

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pledominykas commented Apr 19, 2023

Thanks for this. Quickly converted it to TypeScript if anyone is interested:

interface RGBColor {
  red: number;
  green: number;
  blue: number;
}

export const colorGradient = (
  fadeFraction: number,
  rgbColor1: RGBColor,
  rgbColor2: RGBColor,
  rgbColor3?: RGBColor
) => {
  let color1 = rgbColor1;
  let color2 = rgbColor2;
  let fade = fadeFraction;

  // Do we have 3 colors for the gradient? Need to adjust the params.
  if (rgbColor3) {
    fade = fade * 2;

    // Find which interval to use and adjust the fade percentage
    if (fade >= 1) {
      fade -= 1;
      color1 = rgbColor2;
      color2 = rgbColor3;
    }
  }

  let diffRed = color2.red - color1.red;
  let diffGreen = color2.green - color1.green;
  let diffBlue = color2.blue - color1.blue;

  let gradient = {
    red: Math.floor(color1.red + diffRed * fade),
    green: Math.floor(color1.green + diffGreen * fade),
    blue: Math.floor(color1.blue + diffBlue * fade),
  };

  return (
    "rgb(" + gradient.red + "," + gradient.green + "," + gradient.blue + ")"
  );
};

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