LIGHTEN function

LIGHTEN (Color, Amount) LIGHTEN (Color; Amount)

Color

Color Color

The color to lighten.

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 white.

Returns

Color Color

A lightened version of the given color.

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

This function is not commonly supported by spreadsheets.

Examples

LIGHTEN (Color.Red, 20)

LIGHTEN (Color,Red; 20)

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

LIGHTEN ({ Color.Red, Color.Green }, 20)

LIGHTEN ({ Color,Red; Color,Green }; 20)

Returns variants of the default red and green colors, which have both been lightened by 20 percent.

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

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

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