README.md

In evpatora/hermitage: Create versatile palettes inspired by colors of art collection of L'ermitage/Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, Russia

hermitage

This is a palette package inspired by package{wesanderson}, collection of art of Hermitage museum in Saint Petersburg (Russia), and by a fantastic book "The anatomy of colour" by Patrick Baty.

The package offers 27 palettes with distinct colour combinations. The largest palettes are parsons_1 and parsons_2 inspired by Thomas Parsons's colour samples from the book "A Tint Of Historical colours" (1934) and include 87 colours and 120 colours, respectively. Other palettes offer 4 to 14 colours.

Installation

You can install the development version of hermitage like so:

install.packages("devtools") 
devtools::install_github("evpatora/hermitage")

Example of included palettes

Les toits de Collioure, Henri Matisse, 1905

The painting has been in the collection of The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia since 1948.

Peacock Clock

The Peacock Clock is a large mechanical clock featuring three life-sized peacocks; it was manufactured in the 2nd half of the 18th century and is part of the collection of Hermitage.

Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. 1606-1669

Matisse, Henri. 1869-1954

Red Room Harmony in Red

Dance, Matisse, Henri. 1869-1954

Judith, Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco). 1478(?)-1510

Repentant Mary Magdalene, Titian (Tiziano Vecellio), between 1485 and 1490-1576

Portrait of General Pyotr Bagration (1765-1812), George Dawe and his workshop

Flight, Paul Gauguin, 1901

Actually belongs to the collection of Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia.

The Winter Palace

Crimson Drawing-Room, Hermitage

The Madonna and Child (The Litta Madonna), Leonardo da Vinci. 1452-1519

Cottages, Van Gogh, Vincent. 1853-1890

Danaë, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn. 1606-1669

Annunciation, Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni Battista. 1459-1517

St Luke Drawing the Virgin, Rogier van der Weyden, 15th century

"The Rothschild Faberge egg " - Egg Shaped Clock which Belonged to Baron Edward Rothschild (1868—1949); Russia, St Petersburg, 1902

Other palettes

Other palettes in this package were inspired by the book Anatomy of Color: The Story of Heritage Paints & Pigments

Use example

library(hermitage)
hermitage_palette("du_barry", type = "discrete"))

install.packages("palmerpenguins")
library(palmerpenguins)

ggplot(data = penguins, aes(x = species, y = flipper_length_mm, fill = species, color = species)) +
  geom_violin() +
  theme_light(base_size = 12, base_family = "Varela Round") +
  theme(panel.grid = element_blank()) +
  scale_fill_manual(values = hermitage_palette("parsons_2")) +
  scale_color_manual(values = hermitage_palette("parsons_2"))

evpatora/hermitage documentation built on Dec. 23, 2021, 11:15 p.m.