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//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15757872/manually-color-fading-from-one-uicolor-to-another
- (UIColor *)colorFromColor:(UIColor *)fromColor toColor:(UIColor *)toColor amount:(float)amount // 0 < amount < 1 
{
    float dec = amount;
    CGFloat fRed, fBlue, fGreen, fAlpha;
    CGFloat tRed, tBlue, tGreen, tAlpha;
    CGFloat red, green, blue, alpha;

    if(CGColorGetNumberOfComponents(fromColor.CGColor) == 2) {
        [fromColor getWhite:&fRed alpha:&fAlpha];
        fGreen = fRed;
        fBlue = fRed;
    }
    else {
        [fromColor getRed:&fRed green:&fGreen blue:&fBlue alpha:&fAlpha];
    }
    if(CGColorGetNumberOfComponents(toColor.CGColor) == 2) {
        [toColor getWhite:&tRed alpha:&tAlpha];
        tGreen = tRed;
        tBlue = tRed;
    }
    else {
        [toColor getRed:&tRed green:&tGreen blue:&tBlue alpha:&tAlpha];
    }

    red = (dec * (tRed - fRed)) + fRed;
    green = (dec * (tGreen - fGreen)) + fGreen;
    blue = (dec * (tBlue - fBlue)) + fBlue;
    alpha = (dec * (tAlpha - fAlpha)) + fAlpha;

    return [UIColor colorWithRed:red green:green blue:blue alpha:alpha];
}