rcolors: 270 ncl colormaps in R

Installation

install.packages("rcolors")

Example

This is a basic example which shows you how to use rcolors:

library(rcolors)
cols = rcolors$amwg_blueyellowred
show_cols(cols)

(cols_1 = get_color(rcolors$amwg_blueyellowred, n = 20))
#>  [1] "#8220F0" "#1B06A8" "#0000B5" "#1726D4" "#3B6FE5" "#1F8DFD" "#07B2FF"
#>  [8] "#54C9FF" "#AFDDFF" "#D6F6F9" "#FAFDCD" "#FFEA61" "#FFC61A" "#FF9A00"
#> [15] "#FF6800" "#FF1100" "#DC0000" "#B70E0E" "#B33141" "#FF69B4"
(cols_2 = get_color("amwg_blueyellowred", n = 20))
#>  [1] "#8220F0" "#1B06A8" "#0000B5" "#1726D4" "#3B6FE5" "#1F8DFD" "#07B2FF"
#>  [8] "#54C9FF" "#AFDDFF" "#D6F6F9" "#FAFDCD" "#FFEA61" "#FFC61A" "#FF9A00"
#> [15] "#FF6800" "#FF1100" "#DC0000" "#B70E0E" "#B33141" "#FF69B4"

print(names(colors_group))
#>  [1] "aid in color blindness" "banded"                 "blue"                  
#>  [4] "blue_green"             "blue_purple"            "blue_red"              
#>  [7] "blue_yellow_red"        "brewer"                 "brown_copper"          
#> [10] "circular"               "colorbrewer"            "earth_ocean"           
#> [13] "faded"                  "gmt"                    "grads"                 
#> [16] "gray"                   "green"                  "green_purple"          
#> [19] "green_yellow"           "matplotlib"             "meteoswiss"            
#> [22] "miscellaneous"          "ncview"                 "oceanography"          
#> [25] "purple"                 "rainbow"                "red_green"             
#> [28] "red_orange"             "red_purple"             "small rainbow"         
#> [31] "starts-with-white"      "svg"                    "vegetation"            
#> [34] "white-in-the-middle"
show_cols(colors_group$rainbow, margin = 14)

Color Table Gallery

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Rainbow	Small rainbow	Earth/Ocean	Oceanography	Aid in color blindness
MeteoSwiss	Blue/Red	Blue/Green	Red/Orange	Red/Green
Green/Yellow	Red/Purple	Blue/Purple	Green/Purple	Brown/Copper
Blue/Yellow/Red	Blue	Purple	Green	Gray
Banded	Faded	Circular	Miscellaneous	Vegetation
White-in-the-middle	Starts-with-white	GMT	GrADS	matplotlib
Ncview	SVG	ColorBrewer

Rainbow

amwg256 n=254	BkBlAqGrYeOrReViWh200 n=200	BlAqGrYeOrRe n=100	BlAqGrYeOrReVi200 n=200
BlGrYeOrReVi200 n=200	example n=113	GMT_seis n=256	GMT_wysiwygcont n=200
matlab_hsv n=64	matlab_jet n=64	MPL_gist_ncar n=128	MPL_gist_rainbow n=128
MPL_hsv n=128	MPL_jet n=128	MPL_rainbow n=128	MPL_Spectral n=128
NCV_bright n=256	NCV_jaisnd n=256	NCV_jet n=256	NCV_rainbow2 n=256
ncview_default n=254	nice_gfdl n=225	rainbow n=188	rainbow+gray n=237
rainbow+white n=237	rainbow+white+gray n=238	tbr_240-300 n=200	tbr_stdev_0-30 n=200
tbr_var_0-500 n=200	tbrAvg1 n=100	tbrStd1 n=101	tbrVar1 n=101
temp1 n=61	testcmap n=199	ViBlGrWhYeOrRe n=101	wh-bl-gr-ye-re n=199
WhBlGrYeRe n=100	WhiteBlueGreenYellowRed n=254	WhViBlGrYeOrRe n=101	WhViBlGrYeOrReWh n=101

Small rainbow

amwg n=16	BlAqGrWh2YeOrReVi22 n=22	cosam n=10	cosam12 n=12
cyclic n=6	GHRSST_anomaly n=42	GMT_wysiwyg n=20	grads_rainbow n=13
gui_default n=22	prcp_1 n=17	prcp_2 n=12	prcp_3 n=23
radar n=15	radar_1 n=24	seaice_1 n=13	seaice_2 n=14
so4_21 n=21	so4_23 n=23	wgne15 n=15

Earth/Ocean

cmocean_deep n=256	cmp_haxby n=64	GMT_drywet n=60	GMT_globe n=256
GMT_haxby n=32	GMT_nighttime n=20	GMT_ocean n=80	GMT_relief n=256
GMT_relief_oceanonly n=160	GMT_topo n=256	MPL_BrBG n=128	MPL_gist_earth n=128
MPL_ocean n=128	MPL_terrain n=128	NCV_gebco n=24	OceanLakeLandSnow n=254
topo_15lev n=16

Oceanography

cmocean_algae n=256	cmocean_amp n=256	cmocean_balance n=256	cmocean_curl n=256
cmocean_deep n=256	cmocean_delta n=256	cmocean_dense n=256	cmocean_gray n=256
cmocean_haline n=256	cmocean_ice n=256	cmocean_matter n=256	cmocean_oxy n=256
cmocean_phase n=256	cmocean_solar n=256	cmocean_speed n=256	cmocean_tempo n=256
cmocean_thermal n=256	cmocean_turbid n=256

Aid in color blindness

BlueDarkOrange18 n=18	BlueDarkRed18 n=18	BlueGreen14 n=14	BrownBlue12 n=12
Cat12 n=12	cb_9step n=78	cb_rainbow n=241	cb_rainbow_inv n=241
CBR_coldhot n=11	CBR_drywet n=11	CBR_wet n=11	cividis n=256
GreenMagenta16 n=16	posneg_1 n=19	posneg_2 n=20	srip_reanalysis n=19
StepSeq25 n=25

MeteoSwiss

hotcold_18lev n=19	hotcolr_19lev n=20	mch_default n=15	perc2_9lev n=10
percent_11lev n=12	precip2_15lev n=16	precip2_17lev n=18	precip3_16lev n=17
precip4_11lev n=12	precip4_diff_19lev n=20	precip_11lev n=12	precip_diff_12lev n=13
precip_diff_1lev n=2	rh_19lev n=20	spread_15lev n=16	sunshine_9lev n=10
sunshine_diff_12lev n=13	t2m_29lev n=30	temp_19lev n=20	temp_diff_18lev n=19
temp_diff_1lev n=2	topo_15lev n=16	wind_17lev n=18

Blue/Red

BlRe n=96	BlueDarkRed18 n=18	BlueRed n=252	BlueRedGray n=253
BlWhRe n=101	CBR_coldhot n=11	cmocean_balance n=256	cmp_b2r n=64
GMT_polar n=20	GMT_split n=40	hotcold_18lev n=19	hotcolr_19lev n=20
hotres n=254	MPL_bwr n=128	MPL_coolwarm n=128	MPL_RdBu n=128
MPL_seismic n=128	NCV_blu_red n=256	NCV_blue_red n=256	posneg_1 n=19
posneg_2 n=20	temp_19lev n=20	temp_diff_18lev n=19	temp_diff_1lev n=2
WhBlReWh n=100

Blue/Green

BlueGreen14 n=14	CBR_wet n=11	cmocean_deep n=256	cmocean_haline n=256
GMT_gebco n=70	GMT_ocean n=80	GMT_relief_oceanonly n=160	GSFC_landsat_udf_density n=11
MPL_BuGn n=128	MPL_GnBu n=128	MPL_ocean n=128	MPL_PuBuGn n=128
MPL_viridis n=256	MPL_winter n=128	MPL_YlGnBu n=128

Red/Orange

cmocean_matter n=256	GMT_hot n=100	hotres n=254	matlab_hot n=64
MPL_afmhot n=128	MPL_autumn n=128	MPL_gist_heat n=128	MPL_hot n=128
MPL_Oranges n=128	MPL_OrRd n=128	MPL_Reds n=128	MPL_YlOrBr n=128
MPL_YlOrRd n=128	sunshine_9lev n=10	WhiteYellowOrangeRed n=254

Red/Green

cmocean_curl n=256	drought_severity n=7	GMT_red2green n=20	helix1 n=254
MPL_RdYlGn n=128	SVG_fs2006 n=220

Green/Yellow

cmocean_speed n=256	GreenYellow n=252	MPL_summer n=128	MPL_YlGn n=128

Red/Purple

cmocean_matter n=256	MPL_gnuplot n=128	MPL_PuRd n=128	MPL_RdPu n=128
sunshine_diff_12lev n=13

Blue/Purple

cmocean_dense n=256	GMT_cool n=10	MPL_cool n=128

Green/Purple

GreenMagenta16 n=16	MPL_PRGn n=128

Brown/Copper

BlueDarkOrange18 n=18	BrownBlue12 n=12	CBR_drywet n=11	cmocean_turbid n=256
GMT_copper n=50	MPL_BrBG n=128	MPL_copper n=128	MPL_pink n=128
MPL_s3pcpn n=128	OceanLakeLandSnow n=254	precip_diff_12lev n=13	precip_diff_1lev n=2
SVG_bhw3_22 n=220	SVG_es_landscape_79 n=220

Blue/Yellow/Red

amwg_blueyellowred n=16	BlueWhiteOrangeRed n=254	BlueYellowRed n=254	cmp_b2r n=64
cmp_flux n=22	GMT_jet n=256	GMT_no_green n=16	GMT_panoply n=16
MPL_RdYlBu n=128	ncl_default n=254	nrl_sirkes n=21	nrl_sirkes_nowhite n=19
UKM_hadcrut n=12

Blue

cmocean_ice n=256	MPL_Blues n=128	MPL_PuBu n=128	WhiteBlue n=254

Purple

MPL_BuPu n=128	MPL_Purples n=128

Green

cmocean_algae n=256	cmocean_tempo n=256	MPL_BuGn n=128	MPL_Greens n=128
WhiteGreen n=254

Gray

cmocean_gray n=256	GMT_gray n=10	GMT_relief_oceanonly n=160	GrayWhiteGray n=254
gscyclic n=6	gsdtol n=31	gsltod n=31	mch_default n=15
MPL_gist_gray n=128	MPL_gist_yarg n=128	MPL_Greys n=128	MPL_RdGy n=128
wxpEnIR n=100

Banded

3gauss n=254	3saw n=254	cb_9step n=78	detail n=254
extrema n=254	matlab_lines n=64	MPL_StepSeq n=128	NCV_banded n=256
NCV_manga n=256	NCV_roullet n=256	psgcap n=238	StepSeq25 n=25
SVG_Gallet13 n=220	SVG_Lindaa06 n=220	SVG_Lindaa07 n=220	uniform n=173

Faded

CBR_set3 n=12	GMT_topo n=256	MPL_Accent n=128	MPL_Dark2 n=128
MPL_Paired n=128	MPL_Pastel1 n=128	MPL_Pastel2 n=128	MPL_Set1 n=128
MPL_Set2 n=128	MPL_Set3 n=128	SVG_feb_sunrise n=220	SVG_foggy_sunrise n=220

Circular

circular_0 n=18	circular_1 n=12	circular_2 n=24	cmocean_phase n=256
GrayWhiteGray n=254	matlab_lines n=64

Miscellaneous

default n=30	helix n=254	hlu_default n=30	lithology n=213
thelix n=254

Vegetation

MPL_BrBG n=128	NEO_div_vegetation_a n=256	NEO_div_vegetation_b n=256	NEO_div_vegetation_c n=256
NEO_modis_ndvi n=256	NOC_ndvi n=253	vegetation_ClarkU n=256	vegetation_modis n=21

White-in-the-middle

BlAqGrWh2YeOrReVi22 n=22	BlueDarkRed18 n=18	BlueWhiteOrangeRed n=254	BlWhRe n=101
CBR_coldhot n=11	CBR_drywet n=11	circular_0 n=18	cmocean_balance n=256
cmocean_curl n=256	cmp_flux n=22	GMT_polar n=20	GMT_red2green n=20
GrayWhiteGray n=254	GreenMagenta16 n=16	hotcold_18lev n=19	hotcolr_19lev n=20
MPL_BrBG n=128	MPL_bwr n=128	MPL_PiYG n=128	MPL_PRGn n=128
MPL_PuOr n=128	MPL_RdBu n=128	MPL_RdGy n=128	MPL_seismic n=128
NCV_blu_red n=256	NCV_blue_red n=256	NCV_jaisnd n=256	NCV_manga n=256
NCV_roullet n=256	NEO_div_vegetation_b n=256	NEO_div_vegetation_c n=256	nrl_sirkes n=21
precip4_diff_19lev n=20	precip_diff_12lev n=13	sunshine_diff_12lev n=13	temp_19lev n=20
temp_diff_18lev n=19	testcmap n=199	ViBlGrWhYeOrRe n=101

Starts-with-white

CBR_wet n=11	mch_default n=15	posneg_1 n=19	posneg_2 n=20
prcp_1 n=17	prcp_3 n=23	precip2_15lev n=16	precip2_17lev n=18
precip3_16lev n=17	precip_11lev n=12	spread_15lev n=16	sunshine_9lev n=10
wh-bl-gr-ye-re n=199	WhBlGrYeRe n=100	WhBlReWh n=100	WhiteBlue n=254
WhiteBlueGreenYellowRed n=254	WhiteGreen n=254	WhiteYellowOrangeRed n=254	WhViBlGrYeOrRe n=101
WhViBlGrYeOrReWh n=101	wind_17lev n=18

GMT

GMT_cool n=10	GMT_copper n=50	GMT_drywet n=60	GMT_gebco n=70
GMT_globe n=256	GMT_gray n=10	GMT_haxby n=32	GMT_hot n=100
GMT_jet n=256	GMT_nighttime n=20	GMT_no_green n=16	GMT_ocean n=80
GMT_paired n=12	GMT_panoply n=16	GMT_polar n=20	GMT_red2green n=20
GMT_relief n=256	GMT_relief_oceanonly n=160	GMT_seis n=256	GMT_split n=40
GMT_topo n=256	GMT_wysiwyg n=20	GMT_wysiwygcont n=200

[GrADS]

grads_default n=14	grads_rainbow n=13

matplotlib

MPL_Accent n=128	MPL_afmhot n=128	MPL_autumn n=128	MPL_Blues n=128
MPL_bone n=128	MPL_BrBG n=128	MPL_brg n=128	MPL_BuGn n=128
MPL_BuPu n=128	MPL_bwr n=128	MPL_cool n=128	MPL_coolwarm n=128
MPL_copper n=128	MPL_cubehelix n=128	MPL_Dark2 n=128	MPL_flag n=128
MPL_gist_earth n=128	MPL_gist_gray n=128	MPL_gist_heat n=128	MPL_gist_ncar n=128
MPL_gist_rainbow n=128	MPL_gist_stern n=128	MPL_gist_yarg n=128	MPL_GnBu n=128
MPL_gnuplot n=128	MPL_gnuplot2 n=128	MPL_Greens n=128	MPL_Greys n=128
MPL_hot n=128	MPL_hsv n=128	MPL_jet n=128	MPL_ocean n=128
MPL_Oranges n=128	MPL_OrRd n=128	MPL_Paired n=128	MPL_Pastel1 n=128
MPL_Pastel2 n=128	MPL_pink n=128	MPL_PiYG n=128	MPL_PRGn n=128
MPL_prism n=128	MPL_PuBu n=128	MPL_PuBuGn n=128	MPL_PuOr n=128
MPL_PuRd n=128	MPL_Purples n=128	MPL_rainbow n=128	MPL_RdBu n=128
MPL_RdGy n=128	MPL_RdPu n=128	MPL_RdYlBu n=128	MPL_RdYlGn n=128
MPL_Reds n=128	MPL_s3pcpn n=128	MPL_s3pcpn_l n=128	MPL_seismic n=128
MPL_Set1 n=128	MPL_Set2 n=128	MPL_Set3 n=128	MPL_Spectral n=128
MPL_spring n=128	MPL_sstanom n=128	MPL_StepSeq n=128	MPL_summer n=128
MPL_terrain n=128	MPL_viridis n=256	MPL_winter n=128	MPL_YlGn n=128
MPL_YlGnBu n=128	MPL_YlOrBr n=128	MPL_YlOrRd n=128

Ncview

NCV_banded n=256	NCV_blu_red n=256	NCV_blue_red n=256	NCV_bright n=256
NCV_gebco n=24	NCV_jaisnd n=256	NCV_jet n=256	NCV_manga n=256
NCV_rainbow2 n=256	NCV_roullet n=256	ncview_default n=254

SVG

SVG_bhw3_22 n=220	SVG_es_landscape_79 n=220	SVG_feb_sunrise n=220	SVG_foggy_sunrise n=220
SVG_fs2006 n=220	SVG_Gallet13 n=220	SVG_Lindaa06 n=220	SVG_Lindaa07 n=220

ColorBrewer

CBR_coldhot n=11	CBR_drywet n=11	CBR_set3 n=12	CBR_wet n=11