Tertiary lighting system

A system for coloring a computer-rendered object or scene comprising:

• a non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon data representing sequences of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• illuminating the object or scene with a point light source having a first color and an ambient light having a second color;
• calculating an angle of a surface normal of a first pixel in relation to the location of the point light source;
• and
• where the calculated angle has a first value, applying the first color to the first pixel;
• where the calculated angle has a second value, blending a third color with the first color in the first pixel based on the calculated angle creating a blend color;
• and
• where the calculated angle has a third value, applying the second color to the first pixel.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer readable storage medium storing a computer-executable code that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to display a computer-rendered object, wherein the computer-rendered object is colored through the operations of:

• illuminating the computer-rendered object with a point light source having a first color and an ambient light source having a second color;
• calculating an angle between a surface normal of a first pixel of the computer-rendered object in relation to a location of the point light source;
• where the calculated angle has a first value, applying the first color to the first pixel;
• where the calculated angle has a second value, blending a third color with the first color in the first pixel based on the calculated angle producing a blend color;
• and
• where the calculated angle has a third value, applying the second color to the first pixel.

A method for applying color to a computer-rendered object comprising:

• illuminating an object defined by a plurality of pixels with a point light source having a first color and an ambient light source having a second color;
• determining for each pixel within the plurality of pixels a pixel angle between a surface normal of the pixel and the point light source:
• where the pixel angle has a first value, coloring the pixel the first color;
• were the pixel angle has a second value, coloring the pixel a blend color, wherein the blend color is a combination of the first color and a third color;
• where the pixel angle has a third value, coloring the pixel the second color;
• wherein
• an intensity of the pixel when colored with the first color is greater than an intensity of the pixel when colored the blend color or the third color.

A method for applying color to a computer-rendered object comprising:

• illuminating an object defined by a plurality of pixels with a point light source having a first color and an ambient light source having a second color;
• determining for each pixel within the plurality of pixels a pixel angle between a surface normal of the pixel and the point light source:
• where the pixel angle has a first value, coloring the pixel the first color;
• where the pixel angle has a second value, coloring the pixel a blend color, wherein the blend color is a combination of the second color and a third color;
• where the pixel angle has a third value, coloring the pixel the second color.