/*
 * Jalview - A Sequence Alignment Editor and Viewer (Version 2.7)
 * Copyright (C) 2011 J Procter, AM Waterhouse, J Engelhardt, LM Lui, 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;

  }

}