lib.samples.plotting.lighten_color

lib.samples.plotting.lighten_color(color, amount=0.5)

Lightens the given color by multiplying 1-luminosity by the given amount amount.

Taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37765197/darken-or-lighten-a-color-in-matplotlib

>>> lighten_color('g', 0.3)
>>> lighten_color('#F034A3', 0.6)
>>> lighten_color((.3,.55,.1), 0.5)

Parameters

• color (string, tuple) – matplotlib color string, hex string, or RGB tuple.

• amount (float, default=0.5) – Positive number ligthens color, negative darkens color.

Returns

color – RGB tuple.

Return type

tuple