extracat (version 1.7-0)

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: rlll{ "rgb","hsv" RGB rainbow colors. See rainbow. "hcl" HCL rainbow colors. See rainbow

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

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()