source: stable/HeuristicLab.Common/3.3/ColorGradient.cs @ 15008

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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Drawing;

namespace HeuristicLab.Common {
  public static class ColorGradient {
    private const int shades = 256;

    private static List<Color> colors = new List<Color>();
    private static ReadOnlyCollection<Color> readOnlyColors;
    public static IList<Color> Colors {
      get {
        if (readOnlyColors == null) readOnlyColors = colors.AsReadOnly();
        return readOnlyColors;
      }
    }

    private static List<Color> grayscaledColors = new List<Color>();
    private static ReadOnlyCollection<Color> readOnlyGrayScaledColors;
    public static IList<Color> GrayscaledColors {
      get {
        if (readOnlyGrayScaledColors == null) readOnlyGrayScaledColors = grayscaledColors.AsReadOnly();
        return readOnlyGrayScaledColors;
      }
    }

    static ColorGradient() {
      int stepWidth = (256 * 4) / shades;
      int currentValue;
      int currentClass;
      for (int i = 0; i < shades; i++) {
        currentValue = (i * stepWidth) % 256;
        currentClass = (i * stepWidth) / 256;
        switch (currentClass) {
          case 0: { colors.Add(Color.FromArgb(0, currentValue, 255)); break; }        // blue -> cyan
          case 1: { colors.Add(Color.FromArgb(0, 255, 255 - currentValue)); break; }  // cyan -> green
          case 2: { colors.Add(Color.FromArgb(currentValue, 255, 0)); break; }        // green -> yellow
          case 3: { colors.Add(Color.FromArgb(255, 255 - currentValue, 0)); break; }  // yellow -> red
        }
      }
      for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++)
        grayscaledColors.Add(Color.FromArgb(255 - i, 255 - i, 255 - i));  // white -> black
    }
  }
}