NEED HELP in color tone (bright/dark)

i have a database that have data ranges from -5 to 5, where -5 is bright green, 0 is black and 5 is bright red. so from this you know as the value goes nearer to 0 the color will go darker but somehow i do not know how to implement it into a graphic example: g2.fill(new Rectangle2D.Double(iRow[co]*4, iCol[co]*4, 30, 30)); using graphic 2d.
So does anyone have know the way or have any algoritm or any possible help that is near to my problem or whatever as i'm desperate in this... Thanks!

Ok so i know that (255,0,0) is red, (0,255,0) is green and (0,0,0) is black.
As i'm poor in math so are there anyone that can think of the algorithm on how to implement a 5.0000 which is (255,0,0), -5.0000 which is (0,255,0) and 0.0000 which is (0,0,0) so that i can base on the database value which is a 4 dec places value where they are shown above to generate the right color out in the right tone. Will appreciate any help possible thanks!
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-5.0000 0.0000 5.0000
(Bright green) darker----> (black) <----darker (Bright red)

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