Generate colors between red and green for a power

Question

I'm writing a Java game and I want to implement a power meter for how hard you are going to shoot something.

I need to write a function that takes a int between 0 - 100, and based on how high that number is, it will return a color between Green (0 on the power scale) and Red (100 on the power scale).

Similar to how volume controls work:

What operation do I need to do on the Red, Green, and Blue components of a color to generate the colors between Green and Red?

So, I could run say, getColor(80) and it will return an orangish color (its values in R, G, B) or getColor(10) which will return a more Green/Yellow RGB value.

I know I need to increase components of the R, G, B values for a new color, but I don't know specifically what goes up or down as the colors shift from Green-Red.

---

Progress:

I ended up using HSV/HSB color space because I liked the gradiant better (no dark browns in the middle).

The function I used was:

public Color getColor(double power)
{
    double H = power * 0.4; // Hue (note 0.4 = Green, see huge chart below)
    double S = 0.9; // Saturation
    double B = 0.9; // Brightness

    return Color.getHSBColor((float)H, (float)S, (float)B);
}

Where "power" is a number between 0.0 and 1.0. 0.0 will return a bright red, 1.0 will return a bright green.

Java Hue Chart:

Answer 1

VB

Public Function GetPercentageColor( _
  ByVal iPercent As Long, Optional _
  ByVal bOpposit As Boolean) As Long
' 0->100% - Green->Yellow->Red
' bOpposit - Red->Yellow->Green

If bOpposit Then iPercent = (100 - iPercent)

Select Case iPercent
Case Is < 1: GetPercentageColor = 65280 ' RGB(0, 255, 0)
Case Is > 99: GetPercentageColor = 255  ' RGB(255, 0, 0)
Case Is < 50: GetPercentageColor = RGB(255 * iPercent / 50, 255, 0)
Case Else: GetPercentageColor = RGB(255, (255 * (100 - iPercent)) / 50, 0)
End Select

End Function