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DESATURATE function

DESATURATE(Color, Amount) DESATURATE(Color; Amount)

Color

Color or { Color }

The color to desaturate.

Amount

Number or { 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 fully desaturated.

Returns

Color or { Color }

A desaturated version of the given color.

Desaturates the given color by a specified amount. The implementation uses the Hue-Saturation-Lightness (HSL) color model to linearly decrease the saturation with the given ' amount. Use SATURATE to perform the reverse operation.

This function is Calcapp-specific.

Examples

DESATURATE(Color.Red, 50)DESATURATE(Color,Red; 50)

Returns a variant of the default red color, which has been desaturated by 50 percent.

DESATURATE({ Color.Red, Color.Green }, 50)DESATURATE({ Color,Red; Color,Green }; 50)

Returns variants of the default red and green colors, which have both been desaturated by 50 percent.

DESATURATE({ Color.Red, Color.Green }, { 50, 25 })DESATURATE({ Color,Red; Color,Green }; { 50; 25 })

Returns variants of the default red and green colors, which have been desaturated by 50 and 25 percent, respectively.