private static int[] makeGradientPallet() {
BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(100, 1, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics2D g2 = image.createGraphics();
Point2D start = new Point2D.Float(0f, 0f);
Point2D end = new Point2D.Float(99f, 0f);
float[] dist = {0f, .5f, 1f};
Color[] colors = {Color.RED, Color.YELLOW, Color.GREEN};
g2.setPaint(new LinearGradientPaint(start, end, dist, colors));
g2.fillRect(0, 0, 100, 1);
g2.dispose();
int width = image.getWidth(null);
int[] pallet = new int[width];
PixelGrabber pg = new PixelGrabber(image, 0, 0, width, 1, pallet, 0, width);
try {
pg.grabPixels();
} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
return pallet;
}
