from green to red color depend on percentage

Question

I have a poll system and I want answers for this poll to be colored. For example: If it\'s 10% it would be red, if 40% it would be yellow and if 80% it would be green, so I

Answer 1

This method works well in this case (percent from 0 to 100):

function getGreenToRed(percent){
            r = percent<50 ? 255 : Math.floor(255-(percent*2-100)*255/100);
            g = percent>50 ? 255 : Math.floor((percent*2)*255/100);
            return 'rgb('+r+','+g+',0)';
        }