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cmu_2 provides six secondary (or Tartan) colors of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), USA.

Usage

cmu_2

Format

An object of class character of length 6.

Source

Color definitions are based on CMU's Color manual.

Value

A named vector of colors (HEX/HTML codes of type character).

Details

The so-called Tartan palette contains 6 secondary colors: "Scots rose" (defined as CMYK 0/90/60/0, RGB R239/58/71, HEX #EF3A47), "gold thread" (defined as CMYK 0/32/100/0, RGB R253/181/21, HEX #FDB515), "green thread" (defined as CMYK 93/0/98/17, RGB R0/150/71, HEX #009647), "teal thread" (defined as CMYK 100/0/29/24, RGB R0/143/145, HEX #008F91), "blue thread" (defined as CMYK 100/75/6/24, RGB R4/54/115, HEX #043673), and "Highlands sky blue" (defined as CMYK 100/11/3/12, RGB R0/123/192, HEX #007BC0).

cmu_2 uses the HEX color definitions.

Use secondary colors as accents only to add energy or warmth to layouts as complements to the core palette.

When using a secondary color, Carnegie red (see cmu_1) must be present in the communication vehicle or product.

Author

unicol, 2023-06-16.

Examples

cmu_2
#>         Scots rose        gold thread       green thread        teal thread 
#>          "#EF3A47"          "#FDB515"          "#009647"          "#008F91" 
#>        blue thread Highlands sky blue 
#>          "#043673"          "#007BC0" 
unikn::seecol(cmu_2, main = "The secondary colors of CMU (Tartan palette)") # view palette