Translates a factor into colors.

Translates a factor into colors.

Usage

fac2col(x, col.pal = funky_color, na.col = "grey", seed = NULL)

Arguments

x

a numeric vector (for num2col) or a vector converted to a factor (for fac2col).

col.pal

(default funky_color) a function generating colors according to a given palette.

na.col

(default grey) the color to be used for missing values (NAs)

seed

(default NULL) a seed for R's random number generated, used to fix the random permutation of colors in the palette used; if NULL, no randomization is used and the colors are taken from the palette according to the ordering of the levels

Value

a color vector

See also

The R package RColorBrewer, proposing a nice selection of color palettes. The viridis package, with many excellent palettes

Author

Thibaut Jombart in adegenet package

Examples

fac2col(c("a", "b", "a", "c"))
#> [1] "#A6CEE3" "#F06C45" "#A6CEE3" "#B15928"