ChineseColors: Chinese traditional colors system

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Chinese traditional colors system

Description

A color system based on Chinese traditional colors with 1058 colors.

Usage

ChineseColors()

Value

A ChineseColors object. Detailed information can be found in print.ChineseColors().

See Also

chinese_colors for the dataset of Chinese traditional colors. get_chinese_palettes for getting Chinese color palettes. visual_colors for visualizing any color vector. get_colors for searching colors in dataset and palettes.

Examples

cc <- ChineseColors()
cc

# Get a color by pinyin
get_colors("pinlan")

# By number
get_colors(44)

# By hex code
get_colors("#2B73AF")

# Multiple colors
get_colors("pinlan", "piao")
get_colors(91:100)

# Chinese names
cc$visual_colors(
  title = "Chinese Traditional Colors",
  name_type = "chinese"
)

# pinyin as names
cc$visual_colors(
  loc_range = c(1, 120),
  title = "Chinese Traditional Colors",
  name_type = "pinyin"
)

# rgb as names
cc$visual_colors(
  loc_range = c(1, 120),
  title = "Colors with RGB values",
  name_type = "rgb"
)

# hex as names
cc$visual_colors(
  loc_range = c(1, 120),
  title = "Colors with hex codes",
  name_type = "hex"
)

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