This function transforms a standard color (e.g. "red") into an
transparent RGB-color (i.e. alpha-blend<1).
Usage
Col(col, alpha = 0.2, locate = 0)
Value
A character vector with elements of 7 or 9 characters, `#`
followed by the red, blue, green and optionally alpha values in
hexadecimal (after rescaling to '0 ... 255').
Arguments
col
Color (numeric or character)
alpha
Degree of transparency (0,1)
locate
Choose colour (with mouse)
Author
Klaus K. Holst
Details
This only works for certain graphics devices (Cairo-X11 (x11 as of R>=2.7), quartz, pdf, ...).