From 64862d01669eeb765ddeafe29f60274a95fba092 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Omar Ali <524542+omar711@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:51:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Scale by ceil(max_raw / 256) to prevent out of range colour
 values

---
 sense_hat/colour.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sense_hat/colour.py b/sense_hat/colour.py
index 430b31f..f8223a7 100644
--- a/sense_hat/colour.py
+++ b/sense_hat/colour.py
@@ -316,6 +316,10 @@ def get_raw(self):
     get_clear = _raw_wrapper(CDATA)
 
 
+def ceildiv(a, b):
+    return -(a // -b)
+
+
 class ColourSensor:
     
     def __init__(self, gain=1, integration_cycles=1, interface=I2C):
@@ -376,7 +380,7 @@ def colour_raw(self):
 
     @property
     def _scaling(self):
-        return self.max_raw // 256
+        return ceildiv(self.max_raw, 256)
     
     @property
     def colour(self):