colors in life!!!! :)

[ankush walia]

hi everyone;
can anyone how random numbers are used to generate the different colours(selecting from Red,Green & Blue)!!i want to know how the random function works in this respect and what all functions can be performed with these colours!!
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ankush!!

[ryan burgdorfer]

Ankush,
The Color class has many different constructors. The two which are easiest to use are Color( int r, int g, int b) where r, g, and b are ints in the range 0-255, and Color( float r, float g, float b) where r, g, and b are floats in the range 0.0-1.0.
Using the Math.random() function, you could either say:
int x = ( int )Math.random() * 255;
int y = ( int )Math.random() * 255;
int z = ( int )Math.random() * 255;
Color randomColor = new Color( x, y, z );
// or...
float x = ( float )Math.random();
float y = ( float )Math.random();
float z = ( float )Math.random();
Color randomColor = new Color( x, y, z );
Note that in either case, you have to cast the value produced by Math.random() to the desired value, since it normally produces a double greater than or equal to 0.0 and less than 1.0.
Hope this helps...
~Ryan

[Nathan Pruett]

Just remember if you use the 'int' version... random() returns a double value in the range 0>=x<1... If you cast this to an int it will always return 0... Make sure you cast the result of the multiplication to prevent this :

int r = (int)( Math.random() * 255 );
int g = (int)( Math.random() * 255 );
int b = (int)( Math.random() * 255 );
Color randomColor = new Color( r, g, b );

HTH,
-Nate

[ryan burgdorfer]

oh yeah, I did forget those parentheses, didn't I...
Operator precedence bites me in the butt often, I gotta watch that
~Ryan

[Randall Twede]

I use parenthesis even if I dont have to because it makes the code easier to understand.