/lighten_color.py
Last active Oct 2, 2019
Function to lighten any color in matplotlib
| def lighten_color(color, amount=0.5): | |
| """ | |
| Lightens the given color by multiplying (1-luminosity) by the given amount. | |
| Input can be matplotlib color string, hex string, or RGB tuple. | |
| Examples: | |
| >> lighten_color('g', 0.3) | |
| >> lighten_color('#F034A3', 0.6) | |
| >> lighten_color((.3,.55,.1), 0.5) | |
| """ | |
| import matplotlib.colors as mc | |
| import colorsys | |
| try: | |
| c = mc.cnames[color] | |
| except: | |
| c = color | |
| c = np.array(colorsys.rgb_to_hls(*mc.to_rgb(c))) | |
| return colorsys.hls_to_rgb(c[0],1-amount * (1-c[1]),c[2]) |
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