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color.id

Identify closest match to a color

Description

Given a color specified as a hex string, find the closest match in the table of known (named) colors

Usage

color.id(col)

Arguments

col

a color specified as a hex string

Details

finds the color with the minimum squared distance in RGB space

Value

the name of the closest match

Author(s)

Ben Bolker

See Also

Examples

color.id("#cc00cc")
plotrix

Various Plotting Functions

v3.8-1
GPL (>= 2)
Authors
Jim Lemon, Ben Bolker, Sander Oom, Eduardo Klein, Barry Rowlingson, Hadley Wickham, Anupam Tyagi, Olivier Eterradossi, Gabor Grothendieck, Michael Toews, John Kane, Rolf Turner, Carl Witthoft, Julian Stander, Thomas Petzoldt, Remko Duursma, Elisa Biancotto, Ofir Levy, Christophe Dutang, Peter Solymos, Robby Engelmann, Michael Hecker, Felix Steinbeck, Hans Borchers, Henrik Singmann, Ted Toal, Derek Ogle, Darshan Baral, Ulrike Groemping, Bill Venables
Initial release
2021-01-21

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