#include KDColor KDColor::blend(KDColor first, KDColor second, uint8_t alpha) { /* This function is a hot path since it's being called for every single pixel * whenever we want to display a string. In this context, we're quite often * calling it with a value of either 0 or 0xFF, which can be very trivially * dealt with. So let's make a special case for them. */ if (alpha == 0) { return second; } else if (alpha == 0xFF) { return first; } // We want to do first*alpha + second*(1-alpha) // First is RRRRR GGGGGG BBBBB // Second is same uint8_t oneMinusAlpha = 0xFF-alpha; uint16_t red = first.red()*alpha + second.red()*oneMinusAlpha; uint16_t green = first.green()*alpha + second.green()*oneMinusAlpha; uint16_t blue = first.blue()*alpha + second.blue()*oneMinusAlpha; return RGB888(red>>8, green>>8, blue>>8); // Blend White + black, ask for white // white.red() = 0x1F << 3 = 0xF8 // white.red() * 0xFF = 0xF708, we wanted 0xF800 }