/**
 * Represents a color in various formats that can be processed.
 */
export type ColorInput = string | [number, number, number] | {
    r: number;
    g: number;
    b: number;
};
/**
 * Internal representation of a color as an RGBA object with values from 0 to 255.
 */
interface RGBAColor {
    r: number;
    g: number;
    b: number;
    a: number;
}
/**
 * Blending modes for mixing colors.
 */
export type BlendMode = 'average' | 'additive' | 'multiply' | 'screen' | 'overlay' | 'difference' | 'lighten' | 'darken';
/**
 * Options for the color mixing process.
 */
export interface MixOptions {
    /** The blending algorithm to use. Defaults to 'average'. */
    mode?: BlendMode;
    /** The color space in which to perform the mixing. 'lab' is more perceptually uniform. Defaults to 'rgb'. */
    space?: 'rgb' | 'lab';
    /** The desired output format. Defaults to 'hex'. */
    output?: 'hex' | 'rgba_string' | 'rgb_array';
}
/**
 * Parses any supported color format into a consistent RGBA object.
 */
export declare function normalizeColor(color: ColorInput): RGBAColor;
/**
 * Applies a single blend function to two colors.
 * Color channels are normalized to 0-1 for calculations.
 */
export declare function blend(base: RGBAColor, blend: RGBAColor, mode: BlendMode): RGBAColor;
/**
 * Formats the final RGBA color into the desired output format.
 */
export declare function formatOutput(color: RGBAColor, format: MixOptions['output']): string | [number, number, number];
/**
 * The main color mixing engine. Mixes an array of colors using various options.
 * This is a more powerful and flexible replacement for the original MixColor function.
 *
 * @param colors An array of colors in any supported format.
 * @param options Configuration for the mixing process.
 * @returns The final mixed color in the specified output format.
 */
export declare function mix(colors: ColorInput[], options?: MixOptions): string | [number, number, number];
/**
 * An alias for the more powerful `mix` function, for backward compatibility
 * and to fulfill the original naming request.
 * Mixes multiple colors together by averaging their RGB components by default.
 *
 * @param {...ColorInput[]} colors - A variable number of Color inputs to mix.
 * @returns {string | [number, number, number]} The resulting mixed color, as a hex string by default.
 */
export declare function MixColor(...colors: ColorInput[]): string | [number, number, number];
export {};