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**MixColors( **//Color1//**, **//Color2//**, **//Percentage//** ),LONG**

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| //Color1// | A LONG value that represents a valid RGB composite color to be mixed with the second color (color1) |
| //Color2// | A LONG value that represents a valid RGB composite color to be mixed with the first color (color1) |
| //percentage// | A BYTE value that represents the percentage of mix applied to the two colors. |

The MixColors method is a PROTECTED method used to calculate and return a composite mix of two colors with a given percentage of mix.

Each color passed to this method is a RGB composite color extracted as follows:

**InputColor  LONG**

**RGBT1       GROUP,OVER(InputColor)**

**R            BYTE**

**G            BYTE**

**B            BYTE**

**NotUsed      BYTE**

**            END**

The mixing of colors is applied using the following formula to all RGB elements:

**(RGBT1.R + ((RGBT2.R - RGBT1.R) * pPercentageMix/100))**

**Return Value:**   **LONG**

**Implementation:**

The **MIxColors** method is used by the **SetThemeColors** method to detect and set the proper theme menu style color based on the active theme detected.

**See Also:** [[setthemecolors set colors based on theme detected .htm|SetThemeColors ( set colors based on theme detected )]]