xkcdcolors-package {xkcdcolors}

Color Names from the XKCD Color Survey

Description

The XKCD color survey asked participants to name colours. Randall Munroe published the top thousand(roughly) names and their sRGB hex values. This package lets you use them.

Details

The DESCRIPTION file:

Package:	xkcdcolors
Type:	Package
Title:	Color Names from the XKCD Color Survey
Version:	1.0
Author:	Thomas Lumley, using data from Randall Munroe and about 2.2e5 survey participants
Maintainer:	Thomas Lumley <[e-mail]>
Description:	The XKCD color survey asked participants to name colours. Randall Munroe published the top thousand(roughly) names and their sRGB hex values. This package lets you use them.
Imports:	grDevices, FNN
License:	MIT + file LICENSE

Index of help topics:

name2color              Look up a color by name
nearest_named           Find nearest named color to a specified color.
xcolors                 List the XKCD survey colors
xkcdcolors-package      Color Names from the XKCD Color Survey

Author(s)

Thomas Lumley, using data from Randall Munroe and about 2.2e5 survey participants

Maintainer: Thomas Lumley <[e-mail]>

References

http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/03/color-survey-results/