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+/*
+ * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.5)
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 J Procter, AM Waterhouse, G Barton, M Clamp, S Searle
+ * 
+ * This file is part of Jalview.
+ * 
+ * Jalview is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ * 
+ * Jalview is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty 
+ * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
+ * PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Jalview.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * author: Lauren Michelle Lui
+ */
+
+package jalview.util;
+
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+public class ColorUtils
+{
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a random color, will mix with input color. Code taken from
+   * http://stackoverflow
+   * .com/questions/43044/algorithm-to-randomly-generate-an-aesthetically
+   * -pleasing-color-palette
+   * 
+   * @param mix
+   * @return Random color in RGB
+   */
+  public static final Color generateRandomColor(Color mix)
+  {
+    Random random = new Random();
+    int red = random.nextInt(256);
+    int green = random.nextInt(256);
+    int blue = random.nextInt(256);
+
+    // mix the color
+    if (mix != null)
+    {
+      red = (red + mix.getRed()) / 2;
+      green = (green + mix.getGreen()) / 2;
+      blue = (blue + mix.getBlue()) / 2;
+    }
+
+    Color color = new Color(red, green, blue);
+    return color;
+
+  }
+
+}