square: Square color scheme
Description
The square color scheme is similar to the tetradic
scheme, but with all four colors spaced around the color
circle.
Usage
square(color, plot = TRUE, bg = "white", labcol = NULL, cex = 0.8, title = TRUE)
Arguments
color
an R color name or a color in hexadecimal
notation
plot
logical value indicating whether to plot a
color wheel with the generated scheme
bg
background color of the plot. Used only when
plot=TRUE
labcol
color for the labels (i.e. names of the
colors). Used only when plot=TRUE
cex
numeric value indicating the character
expansion of the labels
title
logical value indicating whether to display
a title in the plot. Used only when plot=TRUE
Value
A character vector with the given color and the square
scheme colors in hexadecimal notation
Details
The square colors are obtained following a color wheel
with 12 colors, each one spaced at 30 degrees from each
other. Square color schemes tend to work best if you let
one color be dominant
Examples
# square color scheme for 'tomato'
square("tomato")