fac2col: Translates a factor into colors.

In MiscMetabar: Miscellaneous Functions for Metabarcoding Analysis

Translates a factor into colors.

Description

Translates a factor into colors.

Usage

fac2col(x, col.pal = funky_color, na.col = "grey", seed = NULL)

Arguments

x	a numeric vector (for num2col) or a vector converted to a factor (for fac2col).
col.pal	(default funky_color) a function generating colors according to a given palette.
na.col	(default grey) the color to be used for missing values (NAs)
seed	(default NULL) a seed for R's random number generated, used to fix the random permutation of colors in the palette used; if NULL, no randomization is used and the colors are taken from the palette according to the ordering of the levels

Value

a color vector

Author(s)

Thibaut Jombart in adegenet package

See Also

The R package RColorBrewer, proposing a nice selection of color palettes. The viridis package, with many excellent palettes

Examples

fac2col(c("a", "b", "a", "c"))

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