bio3d (version 2.1-2)

vmd.colors: VMD Color Palette

Description

This function creates a character vector of the colors used by the VMD molecular graphics program.

Usage

vmd.colors(n=33, picker=FALSE, ...)

Arguments

n

The number of desired colors chosen in sequence from the VMD color palette (>=1)

picker

Logical, if TRUE a color wheel plot will be produced to aid with color choice.

...

Extra arguments passed to the rgb function, including alpha transparency.

Value

• Returns a character vector with color names.

Details

The function uses the underlying 33 RGB color codes from VMD, See http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/. Note that colors will be recycled if n > 33 with a warning issued. When picker is set to TRUE a color wheel of the requested colors will be plotted to the currently active device.

References

Grant, B.J. et al. (2006) Bioinformatics 22, 2695--2696.

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/

See Also

bwr.colors

Examples

## Generate a vector of 10 colors
clrs <- vmd.colors(10)
vmd.colors(4, picker=TRUE)