Primary and neutral colors of Caltech

caltech_pal_1 provides the primary and 7 neutral colors of the California Institute of Technology, CA, USA.

caltech_pal_1

Format

An object of class character of length 8.

Source

Color definitions are based on https://identity.caltech.edu/colors.

Value

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

Details

Caltech's primary orange color is defined as Pantone MS 1585c (for coated and matte print jobs, PMS 151 for uncoated print jobs). Use this color for small highlights, rather than large areas.

Caltech's 7 neutral colors complement the primary Caltech orange and allow to convey a serious, sober, and traditional impression.

See also

caltech_pal_2 for Caltech's primary and deep colors; caltech_pal_3 for Caltech's bright colors; seecol for viewing and comparing color palettes; usecol for using color palettes; simcol for finding similar colors; newpal for defining new color palettes; grepal for finding named colors.

Other contributed color palettes: caltech_pal_2, caltech_pal_3, eth_pal_1, eth_pal_2, eth_pal_3, fu_pal_0, fu_pal_1, fu_pal_2, fu_pal_3, hu_pal_1, hu_pal_2, lmu_pal_1, lmu_pal_2, lmu_pal_3, mpg_pal, rpi_pal_1, rpi_pal_2, rpi_pal_3, rptu_pal, uni_bonn_1, uni_bonn_2, uni_freiburg_0, uni_freiburg_1, uni_freiburg_2, uni_freiburg_blue, uni_freiburg_br, uni_freiburg_grey, uni_freiburg_info, uni_goettingen_1, uni_goettingen_2, uni_goettingen_3, uni_hamburg_1, uni_hamburg_2, uni_jena_1, uni_jena_2, uni_kiel_1, uni_kiel_2, uni_koeln_1, uni_koeln_2, uni_konstanz_1, uni_konstanz_2, uni_mannheim_1, uni_mannheim_2, uni_princeton_0, uni_princeton_1, uni_princeton_2, uni_regensburg_1, uni_regensburg_2, uni_regensburg_3, uni_ulm_1, uni_ulm_2

Author

unikn, 2022-10-28.

Examples

caltech_pal_1
#> Caltech orange (PMS 1585c)            PMS cool gray 9 
#>                  "#FF6C0C"                  "#76777B" 
#>           PMS cool grey 3c                    PMS 414 
#>                  "#C8C8C8"                  "#AAA99F" 
#>                  PMS 5497c                  PMS 7494c 
#>                  "#849895"                  "#9DAE88" 
#>                   PMS 451c                  PMS 7403c 
#>                  "#C7B784"                  "#F1D384" 
seecol(caltech_pal_1, main = "Primary and neutral colors of Caltech")

demopal(caltech_pal_1, type = 4, seed = 1,  
        main = "Using the primary and neutral colors of Caltech")