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All color palettes

Hansjoerg Neth

2024-04-30

Source: vignettes/color_pals.Rmd
color_pals.Rmd

unicol::

This vignettes provides an overview of the color palettes provided by the unicol package. (See the Using color palettes vignette for information on how to use the unicol color palettes.)

We install and load the unicol package to get started:

# install.packages('unicol')  # install unicol from CRAN client
library('unicol')             # load the package

Overview

The unicol package currently provides 269 color palettes from 116 institutions.

Table 1 provides an overview of all included institutions and color palettes. Clicking on the name of a color palette opens the corresponding page of the online reference.

Overview of 269 unicol palettes (from 116 institutions).
University / Institution Country Color palette N of colors
1 Aalto University Finland aalto_1 3
2 Aalto University Finland aalto_2 6
3 Aarhus University Denmark aarhus 20
4 Aberystwyth University UK aberystwyth_1 2
5 Aberystwyth University UK aberystwyth_2 6
6 Arizona State University USA asu_1 4
7 Arizona State University USA asu_2 7
8 Arizona State University USA asu_3 9
9 Australian National University Australia anu_1 4
10 Australian National University Australia anu_2 4
11 Boston University USA bu 2
12 Brown University USA brown_1 4
13 Brown University USA brown_2 4
14 California Institute of Technology USA caltech_1 8
15 California Institute of Technology USA caltech_2 5
16 California Institute of Technology USA caltech_3 8
17 Cardiff University UK cardiff_1 12
18 Cardiff University UK cardiff_2 9
19 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) USA cmu_1 5
20 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) USA cmu_2 6
21 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) USA cmu_3 6
22 Columbia University USA columbia_1 2
23 Columbia University USA columbia_2 6
24 Columbia University USA columbia_3 5
25 Concordia University Canada concordia_1 8
26 Concordia University Canada concordia_2 4
27 Concordia University Canada concordia_3 9
28 Concordia University Canada concordia_4 5
29 Cornell University USA cornell_1 3
30 Cornell University USA cornell_2 3
31 Cornell University USA cornell_3_accent 9
32 Dartmouth College USA dartmouth_1 1
33 Dartmouth College USA dartmouth_2 8
34 Dartmouth College USA dartmouth_3 10
35 Duke University USA duke_1 2
36 Duke University USA duke_2 18
37 ETH Zurich Switzerland eth_1 7
38 ETH Zurich Switzerland eth_2 7
39 ETH Zurich Switzerland eth_3 7
40 Free University Berlin Germany fu_0 2
41 Free University Berlin Germany fu_1 11
42 Free University Berlin Germany fu_2 10
43 Free University Berlin Germany fu_3 10
44 Harvard University USA harvard_1 2
45 Harvard University USA harvard_2 4
46 Harvard University USA harvard_3 8
47 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_1 2
48 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_1_2022 3
49 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_1_digital 2
50 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_2 8
51 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_2_2022 6
52 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_3_accent 9
53 Johns Hopkins University USA jhu_0 3
54 Johns Hopkins University USA jhu_1 2
55 Johns Hopkins University USA jhu_2 6
56 Johns Hopkins University USA jhu_3_accent 13
57 Johns Hopkins University USA jhu_4_gray 3
58 Kiel University Germany uni_kiel_1 3
59 Kiel University Germany uni_kiel_2 8
60 LMU Munich Germany lmu_1 3
61 LMU Munich Germany lmu_2 4
62 LMU Munich Germany lmu_3 5
63 Lancaster University UK lancaster_1 3
64 Lancaster University UK lancaster_2 19
65 Laval University Canada laval 6
66 Lund University Sweden lund_1 2
67 Lund University Sweden lund_2 5
68 Lund University Sweden lund_3 5
69 Macquarie University Australia mq_1 7
70 Macquarie University Australia mq_2 4
71 Manchester University USA manchester_uni_1 3
72 Manchester University USA manchester_uni_2 4
73 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Germany uni_halle 8
74 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA mit 4
75 Max Planck Society Germany mpg 5
76 McGill University Canada mcgill_brights 6
77 McGill University Canada mcgill_darks 7
78 McGill University Canada mcgill_grey 1
79 McGill University Canada mcgill_muted 6
80 McGill University Canada mcgill_pastels 6
81 McGill University Canada mcgill_red 1
82 McMaster University Canada mcmaster_brighterworld 7
83 McMaster University Canada mcmaster_heritage 3
84 Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada mun_1 6
85 Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada mun_2 12
86 Michigan State University USA msu 6
87 Monash University USA monash_1 6
88 Monash University USA monash_2 9
89 NYU, New York University USA nyu_1 3
90 NYU, New York University USA nyu_2 5
91 NYU, New York University USA nyu_accent 4
92 NYU, New York University USA nyu_neutral 6
93 National University of Ireland Maynooth Ireland maynooth 4
94 Northwestern University USA northwestern_1 22
95 Northwestern University USA northwestern_2 12
96 Ohio University USA ohio_uni_1 3
97 Ohio University USA ohio_uni_2 8
98 Oxford University UK oxford_blog 6
99 Oxford University UK oxford_brand 4
100 Oxford University UK oxford_error 4
101 Oxford University UK oxford_general 11
102 Oxford University UK oxford_graduate 12
103 Oxford University UK oxford_link 5
104 Oxford University UK oxford_shades 7
105 Oxford University UK oxford_socialmedia 11
106 Princeton University USA princeton_0 2
107 Princeton University USA princeton_1 3
108 Princeton University USA princeton_2 3
109 Queen’s University Canada queensu_1 3
110 Queen’s University Canada queensu_2 11
111 RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau Germany rptu 12
112 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) USA rpi_1 5
113 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) USA rpi_2 3
114 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) USA rpi_3 12
115 Simon Fraser University Canada sfu_brand 4
116 Stanford University USA stanford_1 15
117 Stanford University USA stanford_2 42
118 Stanford University USA stanford_3 9
119 Trinity College Dublin Ireland trinity_1 12
120 Trinity College Dublin Ireland trinity_2 55
121 University College Cork Ireland ucc_1 6
122 University College Cork Ireland ucc_2 8
123 University College Dublin Ireland ucd 7
124 University of Auckland New Zealand auckland_1 5
125 University of Auckland New Zealand auckland_2 10
126 University of Bangor UK bangor_1 4
127 University of Bangor UK bangor_2 16
128 University of Bangor UK bangor_3 8
129 University of Bangor UK bangor_4 4
130 University of Bergen Norway bergen_1 4
131 University of Bergen Norway bergen_2 30
132 University of Bergen Norway bergen_3 5
133 University of Bergen Norway bergen_4 6
134 University of Birmingham UK birmingham 6
135 University of Bonn Germany uni_bonn_1 3
136 University of Bonn Germany uni_bonn_2 12
137 University of British Columbia Canada ubc 7
138 University of Calgary Canada ucalgary_1 2
139 University of Calgary Canada ucalgary_2 4
140 University of Calgary Canada ucalgary_accent 4
141 University of Calgary Canada ucalgary_warmgreys 2
142 University of California, Berkeley USA berkeley_1 4
143 University of California, Berkeley USA berkeley_2 12
144 University of California, Irvine USA uci_1 2
145 University of California, Irvine USA uci_2 7
146 University of California, Irvine USA uci_3 5
147 University of California, Irvine USA uci_4 5
148 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) USA ucla_1 3
149 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) USA ucla_2 6
150 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) USA ucla_3 6
151 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) USA ucla_4 3
152 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) USA ucsd_1 4
153 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) USA ucsd_2 6
154 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) USA ucsd_3 4
155 University of Carleton Canada carleton 2
156 University of Chicago USA uchicago_1 4
157 University of Chicago USA uchicago_2 23
158 University of Copenhagen Denmark ku_1 2
159 University of Copenhagen Denmark ku_2 18
160 University of Dundee UK dundee_background 1
161 University of Dundee UK dundee_block 5
162 University of Dundee UK dundee_core 1
163 University of Dundee UK dundee_highlight 3
164 University of Edinburgh UK edinburgh 11
165 University of Florida USA uflorida_1 2
166 University of Florida USA uflorida_2 5
167 University of Florida USA uflorida_3 5
168 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_0 3
169 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_1 7
170 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_2 4
171 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_blue 3
172 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_br 2
173 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_grey 8
174 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_info 12
175 University of Galway Ireland galway_1 5
176 University of Galway Ireland galway_2 14
177 University of Glasgow UK glasgow_1 12
178 University of Glasgow UK glasgow_2 5
179 University of Goettingen Germany uni_goettingen_1 4
180 University of Goettingen Germany uni_goettingen_2 8
181 University of Goettingen Germany uni_goettingen_3 13
182 University of Gothenburg Sweden gothenburg 1
183 University of Groningen Netherlands groningen_1 3
184 University of Groningen Netherlands groningen_2 6
185 University of Guelph Canada guelph 4
186 University of Hamburg Germany uni_hamburg_1 4
187 University of Hamburg Germany uni_hamburg_2 6
188 University of Heidelberg Germany uni_heidelberg 3
189 University of Helsinki Finland helsinki_1 5
190 University of Helsinki Finland helsinki_2 5
191 University of Helsinki Finland helsinki_3 7
192 University of Jena Germany uni_jena_1 2
193 University of Jena Germany uni_jena_2 10
194 University of Kassel Germany uni_kassel 11
195 University of Koeln Germany uni_koeln_1 7
196 University of Koeln Germany uni_koeln_2 7
197 University of Konstanz Germany uni_konstanz_1 11
198 University of Konstanz Germany uni_konstanz_2 9
199 University of Limerick Ireland limerick_1 4
200 University of Limerick Ireland limerick_2 17
201 University of Lisbon Portugal uni_lisbon 2
202 University of Magdeburg Germany uni_magdeburg_1 6
203 University of Magdeburg Germany uni_magdeburg_2 27
204 University of Magdeburg Germany uni_magdeburg_3 10
205 University of Manchester UK uni_manchester 3
206 University of Manitoba Canada manitoba_1 4
207 University of Manitoba Canada manitoba_2 13
208 University of Mannheim Germany uni_mannheim_1 7
209 University of Mannheim Germany uni_mannheim_2 7
210 University of Massachusetts Amherst USA umass_1 3
211 University of Massachusetts Amherst USA umass_2 12
212 University of Massachusetts Amherst USA umass_neutrals 3
213 University of Michigan USA michigan_1 2
214 University of Michigan USA michigan_2 13
215 University of Minnesota Twin Cities USA minnesotatwin_1 2
216 University of Minnesota Twin Cities USA minnesotatwin_2 8
217 University of Notre Dame USA notredame_1 2
218 University of Notre Dame USA notredame_2 11
219 University of Nottingham UK nottingham_1 6
220 University of Nottingham UK nottingham_2 54
221 University of Nottingham UK nottingham_3 3
222 University of Oslo Norway oslo 16
223 University of Otago New Zealand otago 4
224 University of Ottawa Canada uottawa 8
225 University of Pennsylvania USA upenn_1 2
226 University of Pennsylvania USA upenn_2 12
227 University of Pittsburgh USA pitt_1 2
228 University of Pittsburgh USA pitt_2 3
229 University of Potsdam Germany uni_potsdam 9
230 University of Regensburg Germany uni_regensburg_1 12
231 University of Regensburg Germany uni_regensburg_2 12
232 University of Regensburg Germany uni_regensburg_3 12
233 University of St Andrews UK standrews_1 4
234 University of St Andrews UK standrews_2 8
235 University of Stirling UK stirling_1 2
236 University of Stirling UK stirling_2 15
237 University of Stirling UK stirling_3 3
238 University of Stockholm Sweden stockholm_1 5
239 University of Stockholm Sweden stockholm_2 9
240 University of Stuttgart Germany uni_stuttgart_1 4
241 University of Stuttgart Germany uni_stuttgart_print 6
242 University of Toronto Canada utoronto 4
243 University of Ulm Germany uni_ulm_1 5
244 University of Ulm Germany uni_ulm_2 4
245 University of Victoria Canada uvic_1 4
246 University of Victoria Canada uvic_2 8
247 University of Waikato New Zealand waikato 8
248 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_arts 4
249 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_engineering 4
250 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_environment 4
251 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_health 4
252 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_main 9
253 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_math 4
254 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_science 4
255 University of Wollongong Australia wollongong_1 4
256 University of Wollongong Australia wollongong_2 2
257 Uppsala University Sweden uppsala 5
258 Vanderbilt University USA vanderbilt_1 4
259 Vanderbilt University USA vanderbilt_2 4
260 Vanderbilt University USA vanderbilt_3 4
261 Western University Canada western_uni 3
262 Willamette University USA willamette 6
263 William & Mary USA wm_1 2
264 William & Mary USA wm_2 2
265 William & Mary USA wm_3 10
266 Yale University USA yale 10
267 Yeshiva University USA yeshiva 3
268 York University Canada yorku_1 3
269 York University Canada yorku_2 8

Illustration

Figure 1 illustrates a random sample of 50 color palettes:

Figure 1: Examples of unicol color palettes.
Figure 1: Examples of unicol color palettes.

Your color palettes

The current range of color palettes included in unicol is selective and incomplete. We are always happy to include new color palettes and institutions from all over the world.

If you are missing a color palette, you can easily create it. For instructions how this can be done, please see the documentation of the newpal() function (of the unikn package). The vignette on Institutional colors provides a corresponding example.

Call for contributions: Collecting color palettes

  • Are you using the unikn color functions to create your own color palettes?

unicol::todo

If you do create a new color palette, please let us know (on this GitHub issue) so that we can include it in future versions of the unicol package. To enable us to verify and provide credit to your contributions, please send us the following information:

  1. your code (e.g., the newpal() command creating your color palette),
  2. your reference or source information (e.g., some URL with color definitions),
  3. your name and some contact information (e.g., an Email address).

We’re looking forward to your inputs and contributions (at this GitHub issue)!

Vignettes

unicol::

The following vignettes provide an overview of and examples for using the unicol color palettes:

Nr. Vignette Content
1. All color palettes The color palettes of the unicol R package
2. Using color palettes Recipes for using the unicol color palettes