08/02/2019 VPython Help

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If you're new to Python Color
and VPython: Introduction In the RGB color system, you specify a color in terms of fractions of red, green, and blue,
A VPython tutorial corresponding to how strongly glowing are the tiny red, green, and blue dots of the computer
screen. In the RGB scheme, white is the color with a maximum of red, blue, and green (1, 1, 1).
Introductory Videos Black has minimum amounts (0, 0, 0). The brightest red is represented by (1, 0, 0); that is, it has
Pictures of 3D objects the full amount of red, no green, and no blue.
Here are some examples of RGB colors, with names you can use in VPython:
Choose a 3D object vec(1,0,0) color.red vec(1,1,0) color.yellow vec(0,0,0) color.black
vec (0,1,0) color.green vec(1,0.6,0) color.orange vec(1,1,1) color.white
Work with 3D objects
vec(0,0,1) color.blue vec(0,1,1) color.cyan
Canvases/Events vec(0.4,0.2,0.6) color.purple vec(1,0,1) color.magenta

What's new You can also create your own colors, such as these:

Classic VPython web site vector(0.5, 0.5, 0.5) a rather dark gray; or you can say color=color.gray(0.5) to mean
VPython license (0.5,0.5,0.5)
Python web site vector(1,0.7,0.2) a coppery color
Colors may appear differently on different computers, and under different 3D lighting conditions.
The named colors above are most likely to display appropriately, because RGB values of 0 or 1
are unaffected by differing color corrections ("gamma" corrections).
There is a VPython demo program that lets you adjust RGB sliders to visualize colors and print
color triples that you copy into your program. It also provides HSV sliders to adjust hue, saturation
(how much white is added to dilute the hue), and value (brightness), which is an alternative way to
describe colors.
VPython only accepts RGB color descriptions, but there are functions for converting color triples
between RGB and HSV:
c = vector(1,1,0)
c2 = color.rgb_to_hsv(c) # convert RGB to HSV
print(hsv) # vector(0.16667, 1, 1)
c3 = color.hsv_to_rgb(c2) # convert back to RGB
print(c3) # vector(1, 1, 0)
Another example: sphere(radius=2, color=color.hsv_to_rgb(vector (0.5,1,0.8) )

Opacity
You can make most objects be transparent by specifying a value from 0-1 inclusive for the
attribute "opacity". For example, box(color=color.red, opacity=0.8) is slightly transparent. An
opacity value of 0 means totally transparent, and 1 means totally opaque. Currently curve and
helix objects do not allow transparency.

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