Get colors from Chinese colors dataset or palettes

Search for colors in the Chinese colors dataset and all available palettes. This function can search by palette names, color names (pinyin or Chinese), numbers, or hex codes. It automatically searches in all palettes and reports which palette(s) contain the found colors.

Usage

get_colors(..., palettes = NULL)

Arguments

...

One or more search values. Can be palette names, color names (pinyin or Chinese), numbers, or hex codes. If NULL, using all Chinese colors.

palettes

Optional. A named list of palettes to search in. If NULL (default), searches in all available palettes.

Value

A data frame with class colors containing matching color information. The result is automatically printed using print.colors().

See also

chinese_colors for the dataset of Chinese traditional colors. get_chinese_palettes for getting Chinese color palettes. ChineseColors for the ChineseColors object.

Examples

get_colors("Paired")
#> 
#> ── Found palette: "Paired" 
#> name     rgb              hex       
#> #A6CEE3  (166, 206, 227)  #A6CEE3   
#> #1F78B4  (31, 120, 180)   #1F78B4   
#> #B2DF8A  (178, 223, 138)  #B2DF8A   
#> #33A02C  (51, 160, 44)    #33A02C   
#> #FDBF6F  (253, 191, 111)  #FDBF6F   
#> #FF7F00  (255, 127, 0)    #FF7F00   
#> #FB9A99  (251, 154, 153)  #FB9A99   
#> #E31A1C  (227, 26, 28)    #E31A1C   
#> #CAB2D6  (202, 178, 214)  #CAB2D6   
#> #6A3D9A  (106, 61, 154)   #6A3D9A   
#> #FFFF99  (255, 255, 153)  #FFFF99   
#> #B15928  (177, 89, 40)    #B15928   

get_colors("#FF7F00")
#> 
#> ── Found in: 
#> #FF7F00: "Paired" and "Set1"
#> name     rgb            hex       
#> #FF7F00  (255, 127, 0)  #FF7F00   

get_colors("pinlan")
#> 
#> ── Found in: 
#> #2B73AF: "ChineseSet128" and "ChineseBlue"
#> num  name    name_ch  rgb             hex      category  category_ch   
#> 21   pinlan  品蓝     (43, 115, 175)  #2B73AF  blue      蓝            
get_colors(44)
#> 
#> ── Found in: 
#> #4E7CA1: "ChineseBlue"
#> num  name       name_ch  rgb             hex      category  category_ch   
#> 44   diechilan  蝶翅蓝   (78, 124, 161)  #4E7CA1  blue      蓝            
get_colors("#2B73AF")
#> 
#> ── Found in: 
#> #2B73AF: "ChineseSet128" and "ChineseBlue"
#> num  name    name_ch  rgb             hex      category  category_ch   
#> 21   pinlan  品蓝     (43, 115, 175)  #2B73AF  blue      蓝            

get_colors("cyan", palettes = "ChineseSet64")
#> 
#> ── Searching in palette: "ChineseSet64" 
#> 
#> ── Found in: 
#> #29B7CB: "ChineseSet64"
#> #10AEC2: "ChineseSet64"
#> #0EB0C9: "ChineseSet64"
#> #1E9EB3: "ChineseSet64"
#> #0F95B0: "ChineseSet64"
#> #1491A8: "ChineseSet64"
#> #108B96: "ChineseSet64"
#> num  name         name_ch  rgb             hex      category  category_ch   
#> 98   weilan       蔚蓝     (41, 183, 203)  #29B7CB  cyan      青            
#> 99   dianzilan    甸子蓝   (16, 174, 194)  #10AEC2  cyan      青            
#> 100  kongquelan   孔雀蓝   (14, 176, 201)  #0EB0C9  cyan      青            
#> 101  cuilan       翠蓝     (30, 158, 179)  #1E9EB3  cyan      青            
#> 102  danfanlan    胆矾蓝   (15, 149, 176)  #0F95B0  cyan      青            
#> 103  jianniaolan  樫鸟蓝   (20, 145, 168)  #1491A8  cyan      青            
#> 104  facui        法翠     (16, 139, 150)  #108B96  cyan      青