On Feb 24, 5:09 pm, Andrew McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I want to map an int to a color on a rainbow spectrum, i.e. for an int > >n in the range 0..N, low values (near 0) should map to the red end, > >and high values (near N) to the blue/violet end. > [...] > >I've tried a simple scheme of overlapping sines, but this resulted in > >too much red and blue, and no indigo/violet. > > Consider using an HSV->RGB conversion function. Saturation (S) and value > (V) should remain constant, while Hue (H) varies to get your rainbow > effect. > > -- > Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Crafthttp://www.object-craft.com.au/
Hey thank you very much, that worked like a charm! :] There's even a library function in the colorsys module (http:// docs.python.org/lib/module-colorsys.html) Cheers, ~Simon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
