lighter {karyoploteR} | R Documentation

## lighter

### Description

Given a color, return a lighter one

### Usage

    lighter(col, amount=150)

### Arguments

`col` | (color) The original color. Might be specified as a color name or a "#RRGGBB(AA)" hex color definition.
`amount` | (integer, [0-255]) The fixed amount to add to each RGB channel (Defaults to 150).

### Details

Very simple utility function to create lighter colors. Given a color, it transforms it to rgb space, adds a set amount to all chanels and transforms it back to a color.

### Value

A lighter color

### See Also

`darker`

### Examples

    lighter("red")
    lighter("#333333")
    lighter(c("red", 3, "#FF00FF"))

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