From af84525d35d04becd8a0e10925117293cc77be31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roberto Metere <roberto@metere.it>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:21:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added support for gradient effect in the highlight

---
 awesome-cv.cls      | 6 +++++-
 examples/resume.tex | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/awesome-cv.cls b/awesome-cv.cls
index 6c02fa4..b58cb8b 100644
--- a/awesome-cv.cls
+++ b/awesome-cv.cls
@@ -149,10 +149,14 @@
 % Boolean value to switch section color highlighting
 \newbool{acvSectionColorHighlight}
 \setbool{acvSectionColorHighlight}{true}
+\newbool{acvSectionColorHighlightGradient}
+\setbool{acvSectionColorHighlightGradient}{true}
 
 % Awesome section color
 \def\@sectioncolor#1#2#3{%
-  \ifbool{acvSectionColorHighlight}{{\color{awesome}#1#2#3}}{#1#2#3}%
+  \ifbool{acvSectionColorHighlightGradient}
+    {{\color{awesome}#1\color{awesome!80!black}#2\color{awesome!60!black}#3}}%
+    {\ifbool{acvSectionColorHighlight}{{\color{awesome}#1#2#3}}{#1#2#3}}%
 }
 
 
diff --git a/examples/resume.tex b/examples/resume.tex
index 7199cdb..01fd1a3 100644
--- a/examples/resume.tex
+++ b/examples/resume.tex
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 % Set false if you don't want to highlight section with awesome color
 \setbool{acvSectionColorHighlight}{true}
 
+% Set false if you don't want to have a gradient effect in the highlight section with awesome color
+% If true, it implicitly ignores whether the acvSectionColorHighlight is true or not.
+\setbool{acvSectionColorHighlightGradient}{true}
+
 % If you would like to change the social information separator from a pipe (|) to something else
 \renewcommand{\acvHeaderSocialSep}{\quad\textbar\quad}