read_ase {swatches}

Read colors from Adobe Swatch Exchange (ASE) files

Description

Given a path or URL to an .ase file, this function will return a named character vector (if color names are present) of hex RGB colors.

Usage

read_ase(path, use_names = TRUE, .verbose = FALSE)

Arguments

path

partial or full file path or URL to an ASE file

use_names

add color names to the vector (defaults to TRUE). See NOTE

.verbose

show extra information about ASE file processing

Note

When using named color palettes in a ggplot2 scale_ context, you must unname, set use_names to FALSE or override their names to map to your own factor levels. Also, Neither Lab nor greyscale colors are supported.

Examples

# built-in palette
keep_the_change <- read_ase(system.file("palettes", "keep_the_change.ase", package="swatches"))
print(keep_the_change)
show_palette(keep_the_change)

# from the internet directly
## Not run: 
github <- "https://github.com/picwellwisher12pk/en_us/raw/master/Swatches/Metal.ase"
metal <- read_ase(github)
print(metal)
show_palette(metal)

## End(Not run)