R uses the sandard X11 colors, I believe, and if you're using linux there's a rgb.txt file on your computer that contains them.
It's also available here http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/*checkout*/xc/programs/rgb/rgb.txt?rev=1.1 and a less-authoritative but prettier version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_names Within R, colors() is what you need. See here for an exhaustive discussion: http://research.stowers-institute.org/efg/R/Color/Chart/ Sarah On Tuesday, July 10, 2012, Ted Harding wrote: > A quick question: > > Is there anywhere a listing of the RGB components of the > named colours listed by colors()? > > For example, where would I find the RGB for "orange1" > or "salmon"? > > When I look at an EPS file from R where I have used > these colours, it seems that for: > > "salmon": > 0.9804 0.5020 0.4471 rgb > > "orange1": > 1 0.6471 0 rgb > > However, this is a tedious way of finding out! > > With thanks, > Ted. > > ------------------------------------------------- > E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.hard...@wlandres.net <javascript:;>> > Date: 10-Jul-2012 Time: 14:05:15 > This message was sent by XFMail > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org <javascript:;> mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Sarah Goslee http://www.stringpage.com http://www.sarahgoslee.com http://www.functionaldiversity.org [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
