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 * Created on Aug 3, 2007
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package org.biojava.nbio.structure.gui.util.color;

import java.awt.*;

/**
 * @author Spencer Bliven
 *
 */
public interface ColorInterpolator {
	/**
	 * Interpolates to a color between a and b
	 * @param a First color
	 * @param b Second color
	 * @param mixing Mixing coefficient; the fraction of a in the result.
	 * @return The color between a and b
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if mixing is not between 0 and 1
	 */
	public Color interpolate(Color a, Color b, float mixing);
}
