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Create a Vector of Colors

Source: R/oce.R
oceColorsPalette.Rd

The available schemes are:

  • which=1 for a red-white-blue scheme.

  • which=2 for a red-yellow-blue scheme.

  • which=9.01, which="9A" or which="jet" for oceColorsJet(n).

  • which=9.02 or which="9B" for oceColors9B(n).

Usage

oceColorsPalette(n, which = 1)

Arguments

n

number of colors to create

which

integer or character string indicating the palette to use; see “Details”.

References

The following references provide information on choosing colour schemes, that are suitable for viewers who have colour deficiencies.

Light, Adam, and Patrick J. Bartlein. "The End of the Rainbow? Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics." Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 85, no. 40 (2004): 385. DOI: 10.1029/2004EO400002

Stephenson, David B. "Comment on 'Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics', by A Light and P.J. Bartlein." Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 86, no. 20 (2005): 196. DOI: 10.1029/2005EO200005

Light, Adam, and Patrick J. Bartlein. "Reply to 'Comment on Color Schemes for Improved Data Graphics,' by A. Light and P.J. Bartlein'." Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 86, no. 20 (2005): 196–196. DOI: 10.1029/2005EO200006

See also

Other things related to colors: colormap(), colormapGMT(), oceColors9B(), oceColorsCDOM(), oceColorsChlorophyll(), oceColorsClosure(), oceColorsDensity(), oceColorsFreesurface(), oceColorsGebco(), oceColorsJet(), oceColorsOxygen(), oceColorsPAR(), oceColorsPhase(), oceColorsSalinity(), oceColorsTemperature(), oceColorsTurbidity(), oceColorsTurbo(), oceColorsTwo(), oceColorsVelocity(), oceColorsViridis(), oceColorsVorticity(), ocecolors