"lightening" a color

[Bob Sneidar]

Lots of graphic affects on Macs, but Win seems to lack some of that functionality. I will put something in front of the background, like a grapic object, then change the opacity of the graphic object. Makes selecting things with a mouse lasso impossible tho'

Bob S


> On Sep 10, 2016, at 15:00 , Dr. Hawkins <dochawk at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am adding the ability to have multiple clients open, and want to use
> colors as a cue.
> 
> Is there a way to "lighten" a color.  That is (I suppose), to grab the
> numeric representation, and convert that to a much paler shade of the color?
> 
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