Color Tools
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Colors are mysterious business and choosing the right color or color palette for an R graphics can sometimes be a chore. To alleviate this burden, I present two functions for choosing color values.
To access these functions install the RSurvey and dichromat packages:
install.packages(c("RSurvey", "dichromat"))
library(RSurvey)
Choose Color
The first function, ChooseColor (source), calls upon a graphical user interface (GUI) for choosing a color in the HSV color space (fig. 1).
col <- ChooseColor(col = "#669933")
Figure 1: A screenshot of the HSV color tool.
Choose Color Palette
The second function, ChoosePalette (source), calls upon a GUI for choosing a color palette in the HCL (Hue, Chroma, and Luminance) color space (fig. 2).
pal <- ChoosePalette(terrain_hcl)
Figure 2: A screenshot of the HCL color palette tool.
An example graphic accompanies the GUI and may be used to evaluate the robustness of individual color schemes (fig. 3).
Figure 3: Example graphic based on selected color palette.
The ChoosePalette function may eventually reside in the colorspace package.
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