Colors in Matlab

RGB colors

For coding purposes colors are mostly specified in RGB, which stands for Red, Blue and Green. The values range from 0 to 1. As an example: the color red is given by the triple [1,0,0]. Since it is hard to know what a certain triple (e.g. [0.5, 1, 0.5]) stands for it is more easy to call them by their name.

We have created a few functions for RGB colors by their names:

• <RGBcolors> for english names
• <RGBkleuren> for dutch names
• <RGBfarben> for german names
• <RGBcolores> for spanish names

The named colors are:

RGB Code	English Name	Nederlandse Naam	Deutsche Name	Nombre en Español
[0.00, 1.00, 0.00]	Lime	Limoen	Limette	Lima
[1.00, 0.00, 0.00]	Red	Rood	Rot	Rojo
[0.00, 0.00, 1.00]	Blue	Blauw	Blau	Azul
[0.00, 1.00, 1.00]	Cyan	Cyaan	Cyan	Cian
[1.00, 0.00, 1.00]	Magenta	Magenta	Magenta	Magenta
[1.00, 1.00, 0.00]	Yellow	Geel	Gelb	Amarillo
[0.00, 0.00, 0.00]	Black	Zwart	Schwarz	Negro
[0.50, 0.50, 0.50]	Grey	Grijs	Grau	Gris
[1.00, 1.00, 1.00]	White	Wit	Weiß	Blanco
[0.50, 0.00, 0.00]	Maroon	Kastanjebruin	Kastanienbraun	Granate
[0.00, 0.50, 0.00]	Green	Groen	Grün	Verde
[0.00, 0.00, 0.50]	Navy Blue	Marineblauw	Marineblau	Azul Marino
[0.00, 0.50, 0.50]	Olive	Olijf	Olive	Oliva
[0.50, 0.00, 0.50]	Purple	Paars	Lila	Púrpura
[0.50, 0.50, 0.00]	Teal	Zeegroen	Türkis	Verde azulado
[0.50, 0.00, 1.00]	Indigo	Indigo	Indigo	Índigo
[0.50, 1.00, 0.00]	Chartreuse	Chartreuse	Chartreuse	Chartreuse
[0.00, 0.50, 1.00]	Royal Blue	Koningsblauw	Königsblau	Azul Real
[1.00, 0.00, 0.50]	Hot Pink	Felroze	Knallrosa	Rosa Fuerte
[1.00, 0.50, 0.00]	Orange	Oranje	Orange	Naranja
[0.00, 1.00, 0.50]	Spring Green	Lentegroen	Frühlingsgrün	Verde Primavera
[0.50, 0.50, 1.00]	Light Blue	Lichtblauw	Hellblau	Azul Claro
[0.50, 1.00, 0.50]	Light Green	Lichtgroen	Hellgrün	Verde Claro
[0.50, 1.00, 1.00]	Aquamarine	Aquamarijn	Aquamarin	Aguamarina
[1.00, 0.50, 0.50]	Salmon	Zalmroze	Lachs	Salmón
[1.00, 0.50, 1.00]	Orchid	Orchidee	Orchidee	Orquídea
[1.00, 1.00, 0.50]	Light Yellow	Lichtgeel	Hellgelb	Amarillo Claro

An example:

colores = RGBcolores;
colores.AZUL_CLARO

ans = 0.5000   0.5000   1.0000