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Created April 4, 2013 20:12
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Changes the background color using setInterval. Pretty old school though, better to use requestAnimationFrame to not completely destroy the battery life of mobile devices
var intervalTicks = 100;
var redValue = 1;
var greenValue = 1;
var blueValue = 1;
var colorChangeMagnitude = 1.01;
var backgroundColor = "rgb("+redValue+","+greenValue+","+blueValue+")";
var redFlag = "down";
var greenFlag = "up";
var blueFlag; "up";
window.onload = function()
{
initColors();
setInterval(changeBgColor, intervalTicks);
}
function initColors() {
redValue = Math.floor(Math.random() * 255);
greenValue = Math.floor(Math.random() * 255);
blueValue = Math.floor(Math.random() * 255);
changeBgColor();
}
function changeBgColor(){
if(redValue < 100)
redFlag = "up";
if(redValue > 200)
redFlag = "down";
if(redFlag == "up")
redValue *= colorChangeMagnitude;
if(redFlag == "down")
redValue /= colorChangeMagnitude;
if(greenValue < 100)
greenFlag = "up";
if(greenValue > 200)
greenFlag = "down";
if(greenFlag == "up")
greenValue *= colorChangeMagnitude;
if(greenFlag == "down")
greenValue /= colorChangeMagnitude;
if(blueValue < 100)
blueFlag = "up";
if(blueValue > 200)
blueFlag = "down";
if(blueFlag == "up")
blueValue *= colorChangeMagnitude;
if(blueFlag == "down")
blueValue /= colorChangeMagnitude;
backgroundColor = "rgb("+Math.floor(redValue)+","+Math.floor(greenValue)+","+Math.floor(blueValue)+")";
document.body.style.background=backgroundColor;
}
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