distinctColorPalette {randomcoloR}

Generate palettes of optimally distinct colors.

Description

Inspired by the the theory from http://tools.medialab.sciences-po.fr/iwanthue/theory.php For more info, also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab_color_space

Usage

distinctColorPalette(k = 1, altCol = FALSE, runTsne = FALSE)

Arguments

k

number of colors (>= 1). May be ineffective for k > 40.

altCol

Use an alternate color space

runTsne

Preprocess color space with t-SNE to obtain distinct colors. Reduces performance.

Value

A character vector of k optimally distinct colors in hexadecimal codes.