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Randomly generate pastel UIColor in Swift
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// Adapted from Stack Overflow answer by David Crow http://stackoverflow.com/a/43235 | |
// Question: Algorithm to randomly generate an aesthetically-pleasing color palette by Brian Gianforcaro | |
// Method randomly generates a pastel color, and optionally mixes it with another color | |
func generateRandomPastelColor(withMixedColor mixColor: UIColor?) -> UIColor { | |
// Randomly generate number in closure | |
let randomColorGenerator = { ()-> CGFloat in | |
CGFloat(arc4random() % 256 ) / 256 | |
} | |
var red: CGFloat = randomColorGenerator() | |
var green: CGFloat = randomColorGenerator() | |
var blue: CGFloat = randomColorGenerator() | |
// Mix the color | |
if let mixColor = mixColor { | |
var mixRed: CGFloat = 0, mixGreen: CGFloat = 0, mixBlue: CGFloat = 0; | |
mixColor.getRed(&mixRed, green: &mixGreen, blue: &mixBlue, alpha: nil) | |
red = (red + mixRed) / 2; | |
green = (green + mixGreen) / 2; | |
blue = (blue + mixBlue) / 2; | |
} | |
return UIColor(red: red, green: green, blue: blue, alpha: 1) | |
} |
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