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All color palettes

Hansjoerg Neth

2026-01-20

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 276 color palettes from 117 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 276 unicol palettes (from 117 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_2023 2
41 Free University Berlin Germany fu_1 2
42 Free University Berlin Germany fu_1_2023 11
43 Free University Berlin Germany fu_2 11
44 Free University Berlin Germany fu_2_2023 10
45 Free University Berlin Germany fu_3 11
46 Free University Berlin Germany fu_3_2023 10
47 Free University Berlin Germany fu_4 4
48 Harvard University USA harvard_1 2
49 Harvard University USA harvard_2 4
50 Harvard University USA harvard_3 8
51 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_1 2
52 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_1_2022 3
53 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_1_digital 2
54 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_2 8
55 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_2_2022 6
56 Humboldt University Berlin Germany hu_3_accent 9
57 Indiana University Bloomington USA iu_1 2
58 Indiana University Bloomington USA iu_2 5
59 Indiana University Bloomington USA iu_2_dp 5
60 Johns Hopkins University USA jhu_0 3
61 Johns Hopkins University USA jhu_1 2
62 Johns Hopkins University USA jhu_2 6
63 Johns Hopkins University USA jhu_3_accent 13
64 Johns Hopkins University USA jhu_4_gray 3
65 Kiel University Germany uni_kiel_1 3
66 Kiel University Germany uni_kiel_2 8
67 LMU Munich Germany lmu_1 3
68 LMU Munich Germany lmu_2 4
69 LMU Munich Germany lmu_3 5
70 Lancaster University UK lancaster_1 3
71 Lancaster University UK lancaster_2 19
72 Laval University Canada laval 6
73 Lund University Sweden lund_1 2
74 Lund University Sweden lund_2 5
75 Lund University Sweden lund_3 5
76 Macquarie University Australia mq_1 7
77 Macquarie University Australia mq_2 4
78 Manchester University USA manchester_uni_1 3
79 Manchester University USA manchester_uni_2 4
80 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Germany uni_halle 8
81 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA mit 4
82 Max Planck Society Germany mpg 5
83 McGill University Canada mcgill_brights 6
84 McGill University Canada mcgill_darks 7
85 McGill University Canada mcgill_grey 1
86 McGill University Canada mcgill_muted 6
87 McGill University Canada mcgill_pastels 6
88 McGill University Canada mcgill_red 1
89 McMaster University Canada mcmaster_brighterworld 7
90 McMaster University Canada mcmaster_heritage 3
91 Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada mun_1 6
92 Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada mun_2 12
93 Michigan State University USA msu 6
94 Monash University USA monash_1 6
95 Monash University USA monash_2 9
96 NYU, New York University USA nyu_1 3
97 NYU, New York University USA nyu_2 5
98 NYU, New York University USA nyu_accent 4
99 NYU, New York University USA nyu_neutral 6
100 National University of Ireland Maynooth Ireland maynooth 4
101 Northwestern University USA northwestern_1 22
102 Northwestern University USA northwestern_2 12
103 Ohio University USA ohio_uni_1 3
104 Ohio University USA ohio_uni_2 8
105 Oxford University UK oxford_blog 6
106 Oxford University UK oxford_brand 4
107 Oxford University UK oxford_error 4
108 Oxford University UK oxford_general 11
109 Oxford University UK oxford_graduate 12
110 Oxford University UK oxford_link 5
111 Oxford University UK oxford_shades 7
112 Oxford University UK oxford_socialmedia 11
113 Princeton University USA princeton_0 2
114 Princeton University USA princeton_1 3
115 Princeton University USA princeton_2 3
116 Queen’s University Canada queensu_1 3
117 Queen’s University Canada queensu_2 11
118 RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau Germany rptu 12
119 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) USA rpi_1 5
120 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) USA rpi_2 3
121 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) USA rpi_3 12
122 Simon Fraser University Canada sfu_brand 4
123 Stanford University USA stanford_1 15
124 Stanford University USA stanford_2 42
125 Stanford University USA stanford_3 9
126 Trinity College Dublin Ireland trinity_1 12
127 Trinity College Dublin Ireland trinity_2 55
128 University College Cork Ireland ucc_1 6
129 University College Cork Ireland ucc_2 8
130 University College Dublin Ireland ucd 7
131 University of Auckland New Zealand auckland_1 5
132 University of Auckland New Zealand auckland_2 10
133 University of Bangor UK bangor_1 4
134 University of Bangor UK bangor_2 16
135 University of Bangor UK bangor_3 8
136 University of Bangor UK bangor_4 4
137 University of Bergen Norway bergen_1 4
138 University of Bergen Norway bergen_2 30
139 University of Bergen Norway bergen_3 5
140 University of Bergen Norway bergen_4 6
141 University of Birmingham UK birmingham 6
142 University of Bonn Germany uni_bonn_1 3
143 University of Bonn Germany uni_bonn_2 12
144 University of British Columbia Canada ubc 7
145 University of Calgary Canada ucalgary_1 2
146 University of Calgary Canada ucalgary_2 4
147 University of Calgary Canada ucalgary_accent 4
148 University of Calgary Canada ucalgary_warmgreys 2
149 University of California, Berkeley USA berkeley_1 4
150 University of California, Berkeley USA berkeley_2 12
151 University of California, Irvine USA uci_1 2
152 University of California, Irvine USA uci_2 7
153 University of California, Irvine USA uci_3 5
154 University of California, Irvine USA uci_4 5
155 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) USA ucla_1 3
156 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) USA ucla_2 6
157 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) USA ucla_3 6
158 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) USA ucla_4 3
159 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) USA ucsd_1 4
160 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) USA ucsd_2 6
161 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) USA ucsd_3 4
162 University of Carleton Canada carleton 2
163 University of Chicago USA uchicago_1 4
164 University of Chicago USA uchicago_2 23
165 University of Copenhagen Denmark ku_1 2
166 University of Copenhagen Denmark ku_2 18
167 University of Dundee UK dundee_background 1
168 University of Dundee UK dundee_block 5
169 University of Dundee UK dundee_core 1
170 University of Dundee UK dundee_highlight 3
171 University of Edinburgh UK edinburgh 11
172 University of Florida USA uflorida_1 2
173 University of Florida USA uflorida_2 5
174 University of Florida USA uflorida_3 5
175 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_0 3
176 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_1 7
177 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_2 4
178 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_blue 3
179 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_br 2
180 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_grey 8
181 University of Freiburg Germany uni_freiburg_info 12
182 University of Galway Ireland galway_1 5
183 University of Galway Ireland galway_2 14
184 University of Glasgow UK glasgow_1 12
185 University of Glasgow UK glasgow_2 5
186 University of Goettingen Germany uni_goettingen_1 4
187 University of Goettingen Germany uni_goettingen_2 8
188 University of Goettingen Germany uni_goettingen_3 13
189 University of Gothenburg Sweden gothenburg 1
190 University of Groningen Netherlands groningen_1 3
191 University of Groningen Netherlands groningen_2 6
192 University of Guelph Canada guelph 4
193 University of Hamburg Germany uni_hamburg_1 4
194 University of Hamburg Germany uni_hamburg_2 6
195 University of Heidelberg Germany uni_heidelberg 3
196 University of Helsinki Finland helsinki_1 5
197 University of Helsinki Finland helsinki_2 5
198 University of Helsinki Finland helsinki_3 7
199 University of Jena Germany uni_jena_1 2
200 University of Jena Germany uni_jena_2 10
201 University of Kassel Germany uni_kassel 11
202 University of Koeln Germany uni_koeln_1 7
203 University of Koeln Germany uni_koeln_2 7
204 University of Konstanz Germany uni_konstanz_1 11
205 University of Konstanz Germany uni_konstanz_2 9
206 University of Limerick Ireland limerick_1 4
207 University of Limerick Ireland limerick_2 17
208 University of Lisbon Portugal uni_lisbon 2
209 University of Magdeburg Germany uni_magdeburg_1 6
210 University of Magdeburg Germany uni_magdeburg_2 27
211 University of Magdeburg Germany uni_magdeburg_3 10
212 University of Manchester UK uni_manchester 3
213 University of Manitoba Canada manitoba_1 4
214 University of Manitoba Canada manitoba_2 13
215 University of Mannheim Germany uni_mannheim_1 7
216 University of Mannheim Germany uni_mannheim_2 7
217 University of Massachusetts Amherst USA umass_1 3
218 University of Massachusetts Amherst USA umass_2 12
219 University of Massachusetts Amherst USA umass_neutrals 3
220 University of Michigan USA michigan_1 2
221 University of Michigan USA michigan_2 13
222 University of Minnesota Twin Cities USA minnesotatwin_1 2
223 University of Minnesota Twin Cities USA minnesotatwin_2 8
224 University of Notre Dame USA notredame_1 2
225 University of Notre Dame USA notredame_2 11
226 University of Nottingham UK nottingham_1 6
227 University of Nottingham UK nottingham_2 54
228 University of Nottingham UK nottingham_3 3
229 University of Oslo Norway oslo 16
230 University of Otago New Zealand otago 4
231 University of Ottawa Canada uottawa 8
232 University of Pennsylvania USA upenn_1 2
233 University of Pennsylvania USA upenn_2 12
234 University of Pittsburgh USA pitt_1 2
235 University of Pittsburgh USA pitt_2 3
236 University of Potsdam Germany uni_potsdam 9
237 University of Regensburg Germany uni_regensburg_1 12
238 University of Regensburg Germany uni_regensburg_2 12
239 University of Regensburg Germany uni_regensburg_3 12
240 University of St Andrews UK standrews_1 4
241 University of St Andrews UK standrews_2 8
242 University of Stirling UK stirling_1 2
243 University of Stirling UK stirling_2 15
244 University of Stirling UK stirling_3 3
245 University of Stockholm Sweden stockholm_1 5
246 University of Stockholm Sweden stockholm_2 9
247 University of Stuttgart Germany uni_stuttgart_1 4
248 University of Stuttgart Germany uni_stuttgart_print 6
249 University of Toronto Canada utoronto 4
250 University of Ulm Germany uni_ulm_1 5
251 University of Ulm Germany uni_ulm_2 4
252 University of Victoria Canada uvic_1 4
253 University of Victoria Canada uvic_2 8
254 University of Waikato New Zealand waikato 8
255 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_arts 4
256 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_engineering 4
257 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_environment 4
258 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_health 4
259 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_main 9
260 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_math 4
261 University of Waterloo Canada uwaterloo_science 4
262 University of Wollongong Australia wollongong_1 4
263 University of Wollongong Australia wollongong_2 2
264 Uppsala University Sweden uppsala 5
265 Vanderbilt University USA vanderbilt_1 4
266 Vanderbilt University USA vanderbilt_2 4
267 Vanderbilt University USA vanderbilt_3 4
268 Western University Canada western_uni 3
269 Willamette University USA willamette 6
270 William & Mary USA wm_1 2
271 William & Mary USA wm_2 2
272 William & Mary USA wm_3 10
273 Yale University USA yale 10
274 Yeshiva University USA yeshiva 3
275 York University Canada yorku_1 3
276 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