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Custom-built artpack Color Palettes

Source: R/art_pals.R
art_pals.Rd

The artpack palette picker. The art_pals function consists of 18 palettes: "arctic", "beach", "bw", "brood", "cosmos", "explorer", "gemstones", "grays", "icecream", "imagination", "majestic", "nature", "neon", "ocean", "plants", "rainbow", "sunnyside", "super"

Usage

art_pals(pal = NULL, n = 5, direction = "regular", randomize = FALSE)

Arguments

pal

A character string of the desired artpack palette.

The 18 artpack palettes include:

  • "arctic" - Icy blue and white colors

  • "beach" - Sand-colored tans and ocean-colored blue colors

  • "bw" - A gradient of black to white colors

  • "brood" - A gradient of different shades of dark gray and black colors

  • "cosmos" - Nebula-inspired blue, purple, and pink colors

  • "explorer" - Pokemon-type inspired colors

  • "gemstones" - Birthstone/Mineral-inspired colors

  • "grays" - A gradient of dark, medium, and light gray colors

  • "icecream" - A light pastel palette of cream, blue, brown, and pink colors

  • "imagination" - 90's school supply-inspired colors

  • "majestic" - Shades of majestic purple colors

  • "nature" - A mix of tan, brown, green, and red colors

  • "neon" - A neon spectrum of rainbow colors

  • "ocean" - A gradient of dark to light blue colors

  • "plants" - A gradient of dark to light green colors

  • "rainbow" - A vibrant mix of rainbow colors

  • "sunnyside" - A retro-inspired mix of pink, orange, and yellow colors

  • "super" - A marveling mix of heroic colors

n

The numbers of colors desired in the output.

Default is 5. n must be a positive integer with a value greater than 0

direction

The direction of the palette

Default is "regular". Only two options accepted: "regular" or "reverse"

randomize

Determines if the colors in the palette appear in a randomized order.

Default is FALSE. Boolean where only TRUE or FALSE is accepted.

Value

A Character Vector.

Examples

library(ggplot2)
dots <- data.frame(x = c(1:10), y = 2.5)
dots$fills <- art_pals("rainbow", 10)

dots |>
  ggplot(aes(x, y)) +
  theme_void() +
  geom_point(
    shape = 21,
    fill = dots$fills,
    color = "#000000",
    size = 10,
    stroke = 2
  )



dots_rev <- data.frame(x = c(1:10), y = 2.5)
dots_rev$fills <- art_pals("rainbow", 10, "reverse")

dots_rev |>
  ggplot(aes(x, y)) +
  theme_void() +
  geom_point(
    shape = 21,
    fill = dots_rev$fills,
    color = "#000000",
    size = 10,
    stroke = 2
  )


dots_random <- data.frame(x = c(1:10), y = 2.5)
dots_random$fills <- art_pals("rainbow", 10, randomize = TRUE)

dots_random |>
  ggplot(aes(x, y)) +
  theme_void() +
  geom_point(
    shape = 21,
    fill = dots_random$fills,
    color = "#000000",
    size = 10,
    stroke = 2
  )