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Generate evenly distributed spectrum in JavaScript
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hslToRgb = function(_h, s, l) { | |
var h = Math.min(_h, 359)/60; | |
var c = (1-Math.abs((2*l)-1))*s; | |
var x = c*(1-Math.abs((h % 2)-1)); | |
var m = l - (0.5*c); | |
var r = m, g = m, b = m; | |
if (h < 1) { | |
r += c, g = +x, b += 0; | |
} else if (h < 2) { | |
r += x, g += c, b += 0; | |
} else if (h < 3) { | |
r += 0, g += c, b += x; | |
} else if (h < 4) { | |
r += 0, g += x, b += c; | |
} else if (h < 5) { | |
r += x, g += 0, b += c; | |
} else if (h < 6) { | |
r += c, g += 0, b += x; | |
} else { | |
r = 0, g = 0, b = 0; | |
} | |
return 'rgb(' + Math.floor(r*255) + ', ' + Math.floor(g*255) + ', ' + Math.floor(b*255) + ')'; | |
} | |
createSpectrum = function(length) { | |
var colors = []; | |
// 270 because we don't want the spectrum to circle back | |
var step = 270/length; | |
for (var i = 1; i <= length; i++) { | |
var color = hslToRgb((i)*step, 0.5, 0.5); | |
colors.push(color); | |
} | |
return colors; | |
} |
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