Color scaling function

Question

I am trying to visualize some values on a form. They range from 0 to 200 and I would like the ones around 0 be green and turn bright red as they go to 200.

Basicall

Answer 1

red = (float)val / 200 * 255;

green = (float)(200 - val) / 200 * 255;

blue = 0;

return red << 16 + green << 8 + blue;

Answer 2

extending upon @tzot's code... you can also set up a mid-point in between the start and end points, which can be useful if you want a "transition color"!

//comment: s = start_triplet, m = mid_triplet, e = end_triplet
function transition3midpoint = (value, maximum, s, m, e):
    mid = maximum / 2
    if value < mid
      return transition3(value, mid, s, m)
    else
      return transition3(value - mid, mid, m, e)