DARKEN function

DARKEN (Color, Amount) DARKEN (Color; Amount)

Color

Color Color

The color to darken.

Amount

Number Number

A number between 0 and 100 (inclusive), where 0 means that no modifications should be made and 100 means that the resulting color should be black.

Returns

Color Color

A darkened version of the given color.

Darkens the given color by a specified amount. The implementation uses the Hue-Saturation-Lightness (HSL) color model to linearly decrease the lightness with the given amount. Use LIGHTEN to perform the reverse operation.

This function is not commonly supported by spreadsheets.

Examples

DARKEN (Color.Red, 20)

DARKEN (Color,Red; 20)

Returns a variant of the default red color, which has been darkened by 20 percent.

DARKEN ({ Color.Red, Color.Green }, 10)

DARKEN ({ Color,Red; Color,Green }; 10)

Returns variants of the default red and green colors, which have both been darkened by 10 percent.

DARKEN ({ Color.Red, Color.Green }, { 20, 10 })

DARKEN ({ Color,Red; Color,Green }; { 20; 10 })

Returns variants of the default red and green colors, which have been darkened by 20 and 10 percent, respectively.