Last data update: 2014.03.03

 R: Create HSV Colors
HSVR Documentation

Create HSV Colors

Description

This function creates colors of class HSV; a subclass of the virtual “color” class.

Usage

HSV(H, S, V, names)

Arguments

H,S,V

These arguments give the hue, saturation and value of the colors. The values can be provided in separate H, S and V vectors or in a three-column matrix passed as H.

names

A vector of names for the colors (by default the row names of H are used).

Details

This function creates colors in the HSV color space which corresponds to the standard sRGB color space (IEC standard 61966). The hues should lie between between 0 and 360, and the saturations and values should lie between 0 and 1.

Value

An object of class “HSV” which inherits from class “color.”

Author(s)

Ross Ihaka

References

www.srgb.com

See Also

RGB, XYZ, LAB, polarLAB, LUV, polarLUV.

Examples

# A rainbow of full-intensity hues
HSV(seq(0, 360, length=13)[-13], 1, 1)

Results


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