//
//found at http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showpost.php3?p=794474&postcount=4
//
public static function interpolateColor(fromColor:uint, toColor:uint, progress:Number):uint
{
var q:Number = 1-progress;
var fromA:uint = (fromColor >> 24) & 0xFF;
var fromR:uint = (fromColor >> 16) & 0xFF;
var fromG:uint = (fromColor >> 8) & 0xFF;
var fromB:uint = fromColor & 0xFF;
var toA:uint = (toColor >> 24) & 0xFF;
var toR:uint = (toColor >> 16) & 0xFF;
var toG:uint = (toColor >> 8) & 0xFF;
var toB:uint = toColor & 0xFF;
var resultA:uint = fromA*q + toA*progress;
var resultR:uint = fromR*q + toR*progress;
var resultG:uint = fromG*q + toG*progress;
var resultB:uint = fromB*q + toB*progress;
var resultColor:uint = resultA << 24 | resultR << 16 | resultG << 8 | resultB;
return resultColor;
}