On 8/21/2013 2:25 AM, Thangalin wrote:
Hi,
What would it take to extend \definecolor so that:
\definecolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1]
defines a new colour (ColourB) based on an existing colour (ColourA)?
I know that \definespotcolor[ColourA][ColourB][t=0.5, a=1] works, but
it seems like \definecolor would also be a natural fit.
hm, afaik no one ever needed that (normally one defines colors once on
top of the document and there are seldom many of them)
anyhow, as general inheritance is pretty fuzzy i.e. cloning a spot color
and changing some rgb component or cloning a cmyk color and setting rgb
components it will not be a feature of definecolor
I've added \defineprocesscolor that cna be used as follows:
\starttext
\defineprocesscolor[red][r=.5]
\blackrule[color=red,width=\hsize,height=1cm]
\defineprocesscolor[redish][red][a=1,t=.5]
\blackrule[color=redish,width=\hsize,height=1cm]
\stoptext
But ... as there is some checking of the preferred color space (in
context each defined color has a preferred color space and there is also
a current colorspace that gets applied) you need to be aware of this:
\starttext
\defineprocesscolor[red][r=.5]
\blackrule[color=red,width=\hsize,height=1cm]
\defineprocesscolor[redish][red][a=1,t=.5]
\blackrule[color=redish,width=\hsize,height=1cm]
\defineprocesscolor[yellowish][red]
\blackrule[color=yellowish,width=\hsize,height=1cm]
\defineprocesscolor[yellowish][red][a=1,t=.5,y=.5]
\blackrule[color=yellowish,width=\hsize,height=1cm]
\defineprocesscolor[cyan][c=.5]
\defineprocesscolor[yellowish][cyan][y=.5]
\blackrule[color=yellowish,width=\hsize,height=1cm]
\stoptext
Now .. as you requested it, you're also the one who's going to wikify
it. I'll upload a beta later.
Hans
ps. Transparency operates independently of colors but I never figured
out a decent way to let that cooperate with existing colors that have
transparency specs without breaking compatibility so it might never
happen (in fact we have: current color space, current color, current
transparency).
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