LESS - Color Blending Negation Function

Description

The negation function has opposite effect to difference function, which subtracts the first input color from the second input color. It results in brighter color. The negative values are inverted.

Parameters

  • color1 − A color object which act as minuend.

  • color2 − A color object which act as subtrahend.

Returns

color

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of negation function in the LESS file −

<html>
   <head>
      <link rel = "stylesheet" href = "style.css" type = "text/css" />
   </head>

   <body>
      <h2>Negation Function</h2>
      <div class = "color1">
         <p>(color1) <br> #ff6600</p>
      </div><br>
      
      <div class = "color2">
         <p>(color2) <br> #333333</p>
      </div><br>
      
      <div class = "res">
         <p>(result) <br> #cc9933</p>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

Next, create the style.less file.

style.less

.color1 {
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px;
   background-color: #ff6600;
}

.color2 {
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px;
   background-color: #333333;
}

.res {
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px;
   background-color: negation(#ff6600, #333333);
}

p {
   padding: 30px 0px 0px 25px;
}

You can compile the style.less to style.css by using the following command −

lessc style.less style.css

Execute the above command; it will create the style.css file automatically with the following code −

style.css

.color1 {
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px;
   background-color: #ff6600;
}

.color2 {
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px;
   background-color: #333333;
}

.result {
   width: 100px;
   height: 100px;
   background-color: #cc9933;
}

p {
   padding: 30px 0px 0px 25px;
}

Output

Follow these steps to see how the above code works −

  • Save above code in color_blending_negation.html file.

  • Open this HTML file in a browser, the following output will get displayed.

Less Color Blending Functions
less_color_blending_functions.htm
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