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| 1 | +#' Color Palette for Qualitative Data |
| 2 | +#' |
| 3 | +#' This function creates a vector of \code{n} contiguous colors from color schemes by Paul Tol (2012). |
| 4 | +#' |
| 5 | +#' @param n 'integer'. |
| 6 | +#' Number of colors to be in the palette, the maximum is 21. |
| 7 | +#' @param alpha 'numeric'. |
| 8 | +#' Alpha transparency, parameter values range from 0 (fully transparent) to 1 (fully opaque). |
| 9 | +#' Specify as \code{NULL} to exclude the alpha channel color component. |
| 10 | +#' @param plot 'logical'. |
| 11 | +#' Whether to display the color palette. |
| 12 | +#' |
| 13 | +#' @return Returns a 'character' vector of length \code{n} with elements of 7 or 9 characters, |
| 14 | +#' "#" followed by the red, blue, green, and optionally alpha values in hexadecimal. |
| 15 | +#' |
| 16 | +#' @author J.C. Fisher, U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho Water Science Center |
| 17 | +#' |
| 18 | +#' @references |
| 19 | +#' Tol, Paul, 2012, Colour Schemes: |
| 20 | +#' SRON Technical Note, doc. no. SRON/EPS/TN/09-002, issue 2.2, 16 p., |
| 21 | +#' accesed January 26, 2018 at \url{https://personal.sron.nl/~pault/colourschemes.pdf}. |
| 22 | +#' |
| 23 | +#' @keywords color |
| 24 | +#' |
| 25 | +#' @export |
| 26 | +#' |
| 27 | +#' @examples |
| 28 | +#' GetTolColors(7, plot = TRUE) |
| 29 | +#' |
| 30 | +#' GetTolColors(21, alpha = 0.85, plot = TRUE) |
| 31 | +#' |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +GetTolColors <- function(n, alpha=1, plot=FALSE) { |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | + checkmate::assertInt(n, lower=1, upper=21) |
| 36 | + checkmate::assertNumber(alpha, lower=0, upper=1, finite=TRUE, null.ok=TRUE) |
| 37 | + checkmate::assertFlag(plot) |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | + # color schemes copied from Peter Carl's blog post, accessed January 26, 2018 at |
| 40 | + # https://tradeblotter.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/the-paul-tol-21-color-salute/ |
| 41 | + pal <- list(c("#4477AA"), |
| 42 | + c("#4477AA", "#CC6677"), |
| 43 | + c("#4477AA", "#DDCC77", "#CC6677"), |
| 44 | + c("#4477AA", "#117733", "#DDCC77", "#CC6677"), |
| 45 | + c("#332288", "#88CCEE", "#117733", "#DDCC77", "#CC6677"), |
| 46 | + c("#332288", "#88CCEE", "#117733", "#DDCC77", "#CC6677", "#AA4499"), |
| 47 | + c("#332288", "#88CCEE", "#44AA99", "#117733", "#DDCC77", "#CC6677", "#AA4499"), |
| 48 | + c("#332288", "#88CCEE", "#44AA99", "#117733", "#999933", "#DDCC77", "#CC6677", "#AA4499"), |
| 49 | + c("#332288", "#88CCEE", "#44AA99", "#117733", "#999933", "#DDCC77", "#CC6677", "#882255", "#AA4499"), |
| 50 | + c("#332288", "#88CCEE", "#44AA99", "#117733", "#999933", "#DDCC77", "#661100", "#CC6677", "#882255", "#AA4499"), |
| 51 | + c("#332288", "#6699CC", "#88CCEE", "#44AA99", "#117733", "#999933", "#DDCC77", "#661100", "#CC6677", "#882255", "#AA4499"), |
| 52 | + c("#332288", "#6699CC", "#88CCEE", "#44AA99", "#117733", "#999933", "#DDCC77", "#661100", "#CC6677", "#AA4466", "#882255", "#AA4499"), |
| 53 | + c("#882E72", "#B178A6", "#D6C1DE", "#1965B0", "#5289C7", "#7BAFDE", "#4EB265", "#90C987", "#CAE0AB", "#F7EE55", "#F6C141", "#F1932D", "#E8601C"), |
| 54 | + c("#882E72", "#B178A6", "#D6C1DE", "#1965B0", "#5289C7", "#7BAFDE", "#4EB265", "#90C987", "#CAE0AB", "#F7EE55", "#F6C141", "#F1932D", "#E8601C", "#DC050C"), |
| 55 | + c("#114477", "#4477AA", "#77AADD", "#117755", "#44AA88", "#99CCBB", "#777711", "#AAAA44", "#DDDD77", "#771111", "#AA4444", "#DD7777", "#771144", "#AA4477", "#DD77AA"), |
| 56 | + c("#771155", "#AA4488", "#CC99BB", "#114477", "#4477AA", "#77AADD", "#117777", "#44AAAA", "#77CCCC", "#777711", "#AAAA44", "#DDDD77", "#774411", "#AA7744", "#DDAA77", "#771122"), |
| 57 | + c("#771155", "#AA4488", "#CC99BB", "#114477", "#4477AA", "#77AADD", "#117777", "#44AAAA", "#77CCCC", "#777711", "#AAAA44", "#DDDD77", "#774411", "#AA7744", "#DDAA77", "#771122", "#AA4455"), |
| 58 | + c("#771155", "#AA4488", "#CC99BB", "#114477", "#4477AA", "#77AADD", "#117777", "#44AAAA", "#77CCCC", "#777711", "#AAAA44", "#DDDD77", "#774411", "#AA7744", "#DDAA77", "#771122", "#AA4455", "#DD7788"), |
| 59 | + c("#771155", "#AA4488", "#CC99BB", "#114477", "#4477AA", "#77AADD", "#117777", "#44AAAA", "#77CCCC", "#117744", "#44AA77", "#88CCAA", "#777711", "#AAAA44", "#DDDD77", "#774411", "#AA7744", "#DDAA77", "#771122"), |
| 60 | + c("#771155", "#AA4488", "#CC99BB", "#114477", "#4477AA", "#77AADD", "#117777", "#44AAAA", "#77CCCC", "#117744", "#44AA77", "#88CCAA", "#777711", "#AAAA44", "#DDDD77", "#774411", "#AA7744", "#DDAA77", "#771122", "#AA4455"), |
| 61 | + c("#771155", "#AA4488", "#CC99BB", "#114477", "#4477AA", "#77AADD", "#117777", "#44AAAA", "#77CCCC", "#117744", "#44AA77", "#88CCAA", "#777711", "#AAAA44", "#DDDD77", "#774411", "#AA7744", "#DDAA77", "#771122", "#AA4455", "#DD7788")) |
| 62 | + col <- pal[[n]] |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | + if (is.finite(alpha)) col <- grDevices::adjustcolor(col, alpha.f=alpha) |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | + if (plot) { |
| 67 | + graphics::plot.default(0, 0, type="n", xlim=c(0, 1), ylim=c(0, 1), axes=FALSE, xlab="", ylab="") |
| 68 | + graphics::rect(0:(n - 1) / n, 0, 1:n / n, 1, col=col, border="#D3D3D3") |
| 69 | + } |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | + return(col) |
| 72 | +} |
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