Robert Bradshaw wrote:

>>
>> * predefining a bunch of colors in the global namespace (maybe just  
>> what
>> is available in the current strings?)
> 
> I like all your comments but this one--the global namespace is huge  
> enough as it is. Also, colors.* gives nice tab completion, etc. I  
> could be OK with the limited set defined above.
> 
>> * predefining a huge number of colors, but sticking them in the colors
>> namespace
>> * making some nicely matched color sets (color schemes, if you will).
>> * make a generic mixing function (which takes the weighted average of
>> self and other, according to a specifiable fraction)
>> * make darker/lighter functions
>> * adding together colors averages them
>> * a linear combination takes a weighted average (hmmm...have to think
>> about how to do this one...maybe it'd make more sense to do a  
>> different
>> average?)
>>
>> Here is what MMA does with colors:
>> http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/guide/Colors.html
> 
> +1. As well as rgb, we should offer hsb, hsv ways of constructing  
> colors.


Okay, see:

http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5601

http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5602

http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5603

http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5604

http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/5605

If anyone wants to do these, feel free!

Jason


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