[R] Simple color strip

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 19/10/2011 11:14 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
> Hi Duncan,
>
> Yes, I'd like it without any gaps. There are likely to be at least a hundred
> colors, so something that is not as 'tall' (ideally an inch?) and that would
> be a mm or two for each color.

Should be no problem, just follow the instructions in the previous post.

Duncan Murdoch

> thanks!
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:49 AM, Duncan Murdoch
> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >  On 19/10/2011 10:32 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
> >
> >>  Hi,
> >>
> >>  I was trying to get an image/pdf of a sequence of colors in the order
> >>  given.
> >>  For example:
> >>
> >>  myCols<- c('#0000BF','#0000BF','#**0000FF','#0000FF','#0000BF','#**
> >>  0000FF')
> >>
> >>
> >>  I'd like to make a strip of colors as they appear in the order above and
> >>  save it as a pdf file. Is there a function in the base package (or some
> >>  other package) to do this?
> >>
> >>
> >  On 19/10/2011 10:32 AM, Brian Smith wrote:
> >
> >>  Hi,
> >>
> >>  I was trying to get an image/pdf of a sequence of colors in the order
> >>  given.
> >>  For example:
> >>
> >>  myCols<- c('#0000BF','#0000BF','#**0000FF','#0000FF','#0000BF','#**
> >>  0000FF')
> >>
> >>
> >>  I'd like to make a strip of colors as they appear in the order above and
> >>  save it as a pdf file. Is there a function in the base package (or some
> >>  other package) to do this?
> >>
> >
> >
> >  barplot(rep(1, 6), col=myCols, axes=FALSE)
> >
> >  There are other options to barplot if you want the bars horizontal, without
> >  spacing, etc.
> >
> >  Putting it in a pdf is simple:  just open the pdf() device before you draw,
> >  and close it afterwards.
> >
> >  Duncan Murdoch
> >
>