Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Updated getcolors function

There is an updated version of the getcolors function available in the sinkr package, called getcolors2. The previous version allowed for the visual selection of colors from a palette of 216 colors. This updated version uses a more natural color palette with a rainbow gradient on the x-axis and lightness on the y-axis. Following a series of color selections via clicks, the function returns the vector of chosen colors that can later be used in a plot:
Example (from getcolors2 help):

#library(devtools)
#install_github("marchtaylor/sinkr")
library(sinkr)
 
# Make synthetic data
set.seed(1)
n <- 100
x <- seq(n)
y1 <- cumsum(rnorm(n))
y2 <- cumsum(rnorm(n))
y3 <- cumsum(rnorm(n))
y4 <- cumsum(rnorm(n))
ylim <- range(c(y1,y2,y3,y4))
 
# Select colors
COLS <- getcolors2(4)
 
# Plot data with selected colors
plot(x, y1, ylim=ylim, t="l", col=COLS[1], lwd=3, ylab="")
lines(x, y2, col=COLS[2], lwd=3)
lines(x, y3, col=COLS[3], lwd=3)
lines(x, y4, col=COLS[4], lwd=3)
legend("topleft", legend=paste("y", 1:4, sep=""), col=COLS, lwd=3)
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