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dundee_block provides the block colours of University of Dundee, Scotland, UK.

Usage

dundee_block

Format

An object of class character of length 5.

Source

Colour definitions are based on Dundee's Brand colour palette.

Value

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

Details

The block colours are intended for colouring larger flat spaces. They are subtle and can be used behind photography without overpowering the images. Normal usage might include posters and report covers, blocks of pull-out content within documents and digital applications, colour for graphs etc.The block colours are not intended to be used for typography, icons or fine line work, and should not be used as consistent background colour throughout a document (for example on multiple pages within a prospectus or report).

The block colours are "block_1" (defined as PANTONE 427C, CMYK 8/4/9/10, RGB 221/217/214, HEX #ddd9d6), "block_2" (defined as PANTONE 7520C, CMYK 1/26/21/0, RGB 244/206/195, HEX #f4cec3), "block_3" (defined as PANTONE 7506C, CMYK 3/11/30/0, RGB 255/236/210, HEX #ffecd2), "block_4" (defined as PANTONE 2707C, CMYK 20/6/0/0, RGB 209/226/242, HEX #d1e2f2), and "block_5" (defined as PANTONE 2253C, CMYK 29/0/27/0, RGB 196/235/208, HEX #c4ebd0).

dundee_block uses the HEX colour definition. Pantone and CMYK colours differ from RGB and HEX definition.

See also

dundee_core for the core colour of University of Dundee; dundee_highlight for the highlight colours of University of Dundee; dundee_background for the background colour of University of Dundee; seecol for viewing and comparing colour palettes; usecol for using colour palettes; simcol for finding similar colours; newpal for defining new colour palettes; grepal for finding named colours.

Other Scottish university color palettes: dundee_background, dundee_core, dundee_highlight, edinburgh, standrews_1, standrews_2, stirling_1, stirling_2, stirling_3

Author

unicol, 2023-06-22.

Examples

dundee_block
#>   block_1   block_2   block_3   block_4   block_5 
#> "#ddd9d6" "#f4cec3" "#ffecd2" "#d1e2f2" "#c4ebd0" 
unikn::seecol(dundee_block, main = "Dundee block colours") # view colour palette