This function returns the official DO allele colors. as described here: http://www.csbio.unc.edu/CCstatus/index.py?run=AvailableLines.information
get_allele_colors(color_scheme = c("DO/CC", "other"), alleles = NULL)
A table with three columns corresponding to strain names, strain nicknames, and the assigned color values.
"DO/CC" or "other" The default is "DO/CC" If set to "other", colors unrelated to the DO/CC are used.
an vector af alleles in the set "AJ", "B6", "129", "NOD", "NZO", "CAST", "PWK", "WSB". This argument can be used to retrieve colors only for a subset of alleles.