shadepalette {shape}R Documentation

color palette inbetween two extremes

Description

Returns color(s) that are a linear interpolation between two colors
these colors are suitable for shading shapes

Usage

shadepalette(n=100, endcol="red", inicol="white", 
  interval=c(0.0,1.0))

Arguments

n number of colors
endcol final color
inicol initial color
interval interval *to* where to interpolate

Details

Return value is a vector of *colors* in hexadecimal format.

Value

a vector of character strings giving the interpolated colors in hexadecimal format

Author(s)

Karline Soetaert <k.soetaert@nioo.knaw.nl>

See Also

intpalette, grey, femmecol colorRamp for comparable R functions

Examples

shadepalette(n=10,"white","black")
  image(matrix(nrow=1,ncol=100,data=1:100),
        col=shadepalette(100,"red","blue"),main="shadepalette")

[Package shape version 1.2.1 Index]