"Roger Leenders" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Now I want to fill the polygon with color, such that it starts on the left
> with red and ends on the right with green, following the coloring of the
> rainbow.
I'd recommend using polar coordinates, like shown below.
Instead of 2000 points, 200 or even 100 seem to be enough.
Break your arc (polygon) into smaller trapezoids and color them with a
continuously changing palette:
red.to.green <- rainbow(N, start=0, end=0.35))
N <- 200 # points used for a full circle
radius <- 3
theta <- seq(0.0, 2*pi, length.out=N)
# Plot circle
plot(radius*cos(theta), radius*sin(theta),
xlim=c(-radius,radius),ylim=c(-radius,radius),
type="l", ylab="", xlab="", axes=F)
# Break arc into filled trapezoids
radius.outer <- 2.7
radius.inner <- 2.0
N2 <- N / 2
theta <- seq(pi, 0.0, length.out=N/2)
red.to.green <- rainbow(N2, start=0, end=0.35)
for (i in 1:(N2-1))
{
x1 <- radius.outer*cos(theta[i])
x2 <- radius.outer*cos(theta[i+1])
x3 <- radius.inner*cos(theta[i+1])
x4 <- radius.inner*cos(theta[i])
y1 <- radius.outer*sin(theta[i])
y2 <- radius.outer*sin(theta[i+1])
y3 <- radius.inner*sin(theta[i+1])
y4 <- radius.inner*sin(theta[i])
polygon( c(x1, x2, x3, x4, x1),
c(y1, y2, y3, y4, y1), col=red.to.green[i], border=NA)
}
# Draw outline of arc
x.outer <- radius.outer * cos(theta)
y.outer <- radius.outer * sin(theta)
x.inner <- radius.inner * cos(theta)
y.inner <- radius.inner * sin(theta)
polygon(c(x.outer, rev(x.inner), x.outer[1] ),
c(y.outer, rev(y.inner), y.outer[1] ) )
efg
Earl F Glynn
Stowers Institute for Medical Reseach
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