inst/doc/colors.R

In unikn: Graphical Elements of the University of Konstanz's Corporate Design

## ----setup, include = FALSE---------------------------------------------------
options(max.print = "75")

knitr::opts_chunk$set(echo = TRUE,
                      cache = FALSE,
                      collapse = TRUE, 
                      comment = "#>",
                      prompt = FALSE,
                      tidy = FALSE,
                      message = FALSE,
                      warning = FALSE,
                      # Default figure options:
                      fig.align = "center",
                      # fig.width = 6, 
                      # fig.asp = .8 # .618, # golden ratio
                      out.width = "60%")

## ----load-pkg-colors, message = FALSE, warning = FALSE------------------------
# install.packages('unikn')  # install unikn from CRAN client
library('unikn')             # loads the package

## ----unikn-palette, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'---------
seecol(pal_unikn)  # view details of pal_unikn 

## ----save-seecol, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'-----------
my_pal <- seecol(pal_unikn_light)  # view details of AND save a color palette  

## ----my-pal-example, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .65, fig.align = 'center'-------
barplot(1/sqrt(1:10), col = my_pal)  # use my_pal in a plot

## ----invisible-seecol, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'------
seecol(pal_bordeaux)

## ----invisible-seecol-assign, eval = FALSE------------------------------------
#  my_pal <- seecol(pal_bordeaux)

## ----seecol-unikn-all, fig.width = 6, fig.height = 5, fig.align = 'center'----
seecol("unikn_all")  # all uni.kn color palettes

## ----seecol-unikn-basic-2, fig.width = 6, fig.height = 2, fig.align = 'center'----
seecol("unikn_basic")

## ----seecol-pair-all, fig.width = 6, fig.height = 2.5, fig.align = 'center'----
seecol("pair_all")

## ----seecol-pref-all, fig.width = 6, fig.height = 3.5, fig.align = 'center', out.width="500"----
seecol("pref_all")

## ----seecol-grad-all-2, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center', out.width="400"----
seecol("grad_all")

## ----seecol-add, echo = FALSE, eval = FALSE, fig.width = 7.2, fig.asp = .9, fig.align = 'center', out.width="500"----
#  seecol("add")

## ----seecol-aesthetic-parameters, fig.width = 5, out.width = "60%", fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center', out.width="400"----
seecol("grad_all", col_brd = "black", lwd_brd = .5, main = "Color gradients (with black borders)")
seecol(pal_seegruen, col_brd = "white", lwd_brd = 5, main = "A color palette (with white borders)")

## ----usecol-default-use, fig.width = 5, out.width = "60%", fig.asp = .65, fig.align = 'center'----
# Using a color palette:
barplot(1/sqrt(1:11), col = usecol(pal_unikn))

## ----free-pal-args, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .75, eval = FALSE----------------
#  seecol(pal_seegruen)
#  seecol("pal_seegruen")
#  seecol("seegruen")
#  seecol(seegruen)  # issues a warning, but works

## ----use-subset, fig.width = 5, fig.height = 4, fig.align = 'center', collapse = TRUE----
seecol("unikn_all", n = 4)
seecol(pal_unikn, 4)

## ----use-col-small-n, fig.width = 3, out.width = c('35%', '35%'), fig.height = 2.5, fig.align = 'center', collapse = TRUE, fig.show = 'hold'----
barplot(1/sqrt(1:2), col = usecol(pal_seeblau, n = 2))
barplot(1/sqrt(1:3), col = usecol(pal_seeblau, n = 3))

## ----use-superset-all, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center', collapse = TRUE----
seecol("unikn_all", n = 12)

## ----use-superset, eval = FALSE, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center', collapse = TRUE----
#  seecol(pal_seeblau, n = 8)

## ----use-col-big-n, eval = FALSE, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .65, fig.align = 'center'----
#  barplot(1/sqrt(1:9), col = usecol(pal_bordeaux, n = 3))

## ----combine-pals, fig.width = 5, out.width = "60%", fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'----
seecol(pal = c(rev(pal_petrol), "white", pal_bordeaux))

## ----combine-pals-n, fig.width = 5, out.width = "60%", fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'----
seecol(pal = usecol(c(Karpfenblau, Seeblau, "gold"), n = 10))

## ----use-my-pair, fig.width = 5, fig.height = 4, fig.align = 'center'---------
my_pair <- seecol(pal_unikn_pair, n = 10)

# Create data: 
dat <- matrix(sample(5:10, size = 10, replace = TRUE), ncol = 5)

# Plot in my_pair colors:
barplot(dat, beside = TRUE, col = my_pair)

## ----transparency1-pal, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center', collapse = TRUE----
seecol(pal_unikn, alpha = 0.5)

## ----transparency-four, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'-----
four_cols <- usecol(c("steelblue", "gold", "firebrick", "forestgreen"), alpha = 2/3)

seecol(four_cols, main = "Four named colors with added transparency")

## ----transparency-all, fig.width = 5, fig.height = 4, fig.align = 'center'----
seecol("grad", alpha = 0.67, main = "Seeing color palettes with added transparency")

## ----compare-custom-palettes, fig.width = 5, fig.height = 3, fig.align = 'center'----
# Define 2 palettes: 
pal1 <- c(rev(pal_seeblau), "white", pal_bordeaux)
pal2 <- usecol(c(Karpfenblau, Seeblau, "gold"), n = 10)

# Show the my_pair palette from above, the 2 palettes just defined, and 2 pre-defined palettes:  
seecol(list(my_pair, pal1, pal2, pal_unikn, pal_unikn_pair))

## ----set-custom-palette-names, eval = FALSE, fig.width = 5, fig.height = 3, fig.align = 'center'----
#  seecol(list(my_pair, pal1, pal2, pal_unikn, pal_unikn_pair),
#         pal_names = c("my_pair", "blue_bord", "blue_yell"),
#         main = "Labeling custom color palettes")

## ----set-all-palette-names, eval = FALSE, fig.width = 5, fig.height = 3, fig.align = 'center'----
#  seecol(list(my_pair, pal1, pal2, pal_unikn, pal_unikn_pair),
#         pal_names = c("my_pair", "blue_bord", "blue_yell", "blue_black", "mix_pair"),
#         main = "Comparing and labeling custom color palettes")

## ----subset-compare, fig.width = 5, fig.height = 3, fig.align = 'center'------
seecol(list(my_pair, pal1, pal2, pal_unikn, pal_unikn_pair), n = 5)

## ----superset-compare, fig.width = 5, fig.height = 3, fig.align = 'center'----
seecol(list(my_pair, pal1, pal2, pal_unikn, pal_unikn_pair), n = 15)

## ----simcol-1, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center', fig.show = 'hold'----
simcol("deeppink", plot = FALSE)

## ----simcol-2, fig.width = 5, out.width = "60%", fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center', fig.show = 'hold'----
simcol("deepskyblue", col_candidates = pal_seeblau, tol = c(50, 50, 100))

## ----grepal-1, fig.width = 6, out.width = "60%", fig.height = 4, fig.align = 'center'----
grepal("purple")  # get & see 10 names of colors() with "purple" in their name

## ----grepal-2-----------------------------------------------------------------
length(grepal("gr(a|e)y", plot = FALSE))    # shades of "gray" or "grey"
length(grepal("^gr(a|e)y", plot = FALSE))   # shades starting with "gray" or "grey"
length(grepal("^gr(a|e)y$", plot = FALSE))  # shades starting and ending with "gray" or "grey"

## ----grepal-3, fig.width = 5, out.width = "60%", fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'----
grepal("see", pal_unikn)   # finding "see" in (the names of) pal_unikn (as df)
grepal("blau", pal_unikn_pref, plot = FALSE)  # finding "blau" in pal_unikn_pref

## ----transparency-ac, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'-------
my_cols <- c("black", "firebrick", "forestgreen", "gold", "steelblue")
seecol(ac(my_cols, alpha = c(rep(.25, 5), rep(.75, 5))))

## ----shades-of-1, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'-----------
seecol(shades_of(n = 5, col_1 = Karpfenblau), main = "5 shades of Karpfenblau")

## ----shades-of-2, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'-----------
pg_1 <- usecol(c("deeppink", "gold"), 5)
pg_2 <- shades_of(5, "deeppink", "gold")
all.equal(pg_1, pg_2)

seecol(pg_2, main = "A bi-polar color gradient")

## ----newpal-1, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'--------------
col_flag <- c("#000000", "#dd0000", "#ffce00")  # source: www.schemecolor.com

flag_de  <- newpal(col = col_flag,
                   names = c("black", "red", "gold"))

seecol(flag_de, main = "Defining a flag_de color palette")

## ----demopal, fig.width = 5, fig.asp = .8, fig.align = 'center'---------------
demopal(pal = pg_2, type = 3)