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%%  A DANTE-Edition example
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%%  Example 02-01-6 on page 14.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2011 Herbert Voss
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%%  of this license or (at your option) any later version.
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%%  See http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt for details.
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{177.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage{xcolor,multido}
\definecolorseries{testA}%
  {rgb}{last}{black}{white}
\resetcolorseries[200]{testA}%200 colour steps
\definecolorseries{testB}{rgb}{step}[rgb]{%
    0.95,0.85,0.55}{0.17,0.47,0.37}
\resetcolorseries[200]{testB}
\linethickness{0.004\linewidth}

\begin{document}
\multido{\nC=1+1}{200}{\hspace{.004\linewidth}%
  \color{testA!![\nC]}\line(0,1){40}}\\[5pt]
\multido{\nC=1+1}{200}{\hspace{.004\linewidth}%
  \color{testB!![\nC]}\line(0,1){40}}
\end{document}