Armel Asselin wrote:
>> *Neil Hodgson* wrote:
In Java the Color class includes alpha and C# is the same.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Color.html
I thought it may be how more recent APIs are handling colour.
Similar to the move towards floating point coordinate systems with
subpixel rendering.
changing to floating point is not similar to adding alpha (one is adding
precision the other is changing the nature of the object in fact). but
it's ok to put alpha into a color, as long as everybody is ok with the
fact that it is not a color but a material. i never saw anywhere in
physics books that there was an opacity for a color... there was for
glass, plastic, paper... the name will be misleading that's all, but
that's usual with computer languages. and this is not that important.
Would you be happier if we all agree to refer to these numbers/tuples
as "values for controlling the display of a color"? :)
Robert Roessler
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