extracat (version 1.7-6)

getcolors: Create a color vector

Description

Creates a color vector using different palettes, e.g. from the colorspace package.

Usage

getcolors(N, palette, col.opt = list(), revert = FALSE)

Arguments

N

Number of colors.

palette

Palette shortcut:

"rgb","hsv"	RGB rainbow colors. See rainbow.	"hcl"	HCL rainbow colors. See rainbow_hcl.
"s","seq","sqt","sqn","sequential"	See sequential_hcl	"d","div","diverging","diverge"	See diverge_hcl
"h","heat","heatcolors"	See heat_hcl	"t","ter","terrain"	See terrain_hcl
"Wijffelaars","w","wijf", "q17"	A fixed vector of 17 qualitative colors defined by Wijffelaars (2008).	.	defined by Wijffelaars (2008).

col.opt

Options for the palette. See help pages for the specific palettes.

revert

Logical. The color vector is returned in reverse order.

Value

A color vector.

References

Martijn Wijffelaars. Synthesis of Color Palettes. PhD thesis, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 2008.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
require(MASS)
mat.layout <- grid.layout(nrow = 2 , ncol = 2)
vp.mat <- viewport(layout = mat.layout)
pushViewport(vp.mat)
rmb(formula = ~Type+Infl+Cont+Sat, data = housing, col = "rgb", vp = c(1,1))
rmb(formula = ~Type+Infl+Cont+Sat, data = housing, col = "q17", vp = c(1,2))
rmb(formula = ~Type+Infl+Cont+Sat, data = housing, col = "hcl", vp = c(2,1))
rmb(formula = ~Type+Infl+Cont+Sat, data = housing, col = "seq", vp = c(2,2))
popViewport()
# }