prettyGraphs: prettyGraphsColorSelection – R documentation

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prettyGraphsColorSelection

Algorithmically select colors from prettyGraphs

This function uses prime numbers to select colors from prettyGraphsColors.

prettyGraphsColorSelection(n.colors = 1, offset = NULL, starting.color = 163)

`n.colors`	number of colors needed
`offset`	numeric. Should be a prime number, if it is not, the closest prime is selected. This number decides the distance between indices for color selection.
`starting.color`	numeric. This is the starting location (e.g., color) in a matrix of `prettyGraphsColors`.

a matrix

a matrix of colors are returned.

Derek Beaton

prime number selection from here:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3789968/generate-a-list-of-primes-in-r-up-to-a-certain-number