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

A few examples:

>>colores.AZUL_CLARO
ans = 0.5000   0.5000   1.0000

>>kleuren.FELROZE
ans = 0.5000   0.5000   1.0000

>>farben.BLAU
ans = 0.0000   0.0000   1.0000

>>colors.LIME
ans = 0.0000   1.0000   0.0000

All the named colors are:

RGB Code	Hex Code	English Name	Nederlandse Naam	Deutsche Name	Nombre en Español	Kleur
[0.00, 1.00, 0.00]	#00FF00	Lime	Limoen	Limettengrün	Lima
[1.00, 0.00, 0.00]	#FF0000	Red	Rood	Rot	Rojo
[0.00, 0.00, 1.00]	#0000FF	Blue	Blauw	Blau	Azul
[0.00, 1.00, 1.00]	#00FFFF	Cyan	Cyaan	Cyan	Cian
[1.00, 0.00, 1.00]	#FF00FF	Magenta	Magenta	Magenta	Magenta
[1.00, 1.00, 0.00]	#FFFF00	Yellow	Geel	Gelb	Amarillo
[0.00, 0.00, 0.00]	#000000	Black	Zwart	Schwarz	Negro
[0.50, 0.50, 0.50]	#808080	Grey	Grijs	Grau	Gris
[1.00, 1.00, 1.00]	#FFFFFF	White	Wit	Weiß	Blanco
[0.50, 0.00, 0.00]	#800000	Maroon	Kastanjebruin	Kastanienbraun	Granate
[0.00, 0.50, 0.00]	#008000	Green	Groen	Grün	Verde
[0.00, 0.00, 0.50]	#000080	Navy Blue	Marineblauw	Marineblau	Azul Marino
[0.00, 0.50, 0.50]	#008080	Olive	Olijf	Olive	Oliva
[0.50, 0.00, 0.50]	#800080	Purple	Paars	Lila	Morado
[0.50, 0.50, 0.00]	#808000	Teal	Zeegroen	Türkis	Verde azulado
[0.50, 0.00, 1.00]	#8000FF	Indigo	Indigo	Indigo	Índigo
[0.50, 1.00, 0.00]	#80FF00	Chartreuse	Chartreuse	Chartreuse	Chartreuse
[0.00, 0.50, 1.00]	#0080FF	Royal Blue	Koningsblauw	Königsblau	Azul Real
[1.00, 0.00, 0.50]	#FF0080	Hot Pink	Felroze	Knallrosa	Rosa Brilliante
[1.00, 0.50, 0.00]	#FF8000	Orange	Oranje	Orange	Naranja
[0.00, 1.00, 0.50]	#00FF80	Spring Green	Lentegroen	Frühlingsgrün	Verde Primavera
[0.50, 0.50, 1.00]	#8080FF	Light Blue	Lichtblauw	Hellblau	Azul Claro
[0.50, 1.00, 0.50]	#80FF80	Light Green	Lichtgroen	Hellgrün	Verde Claro
[1.00, 0.50, 0.50]	#FF8080	Salmon	Zalmroze	Lachs	Salmón
[0.50, 1.00, 1.00]	#80FFFF	Aquamarine	Aquamarijn	Aquamarin	Aguamarina
[1.00, 0.50, 1.00]	#FF80FF	Orchid	Orchidee	Orchidee	Orquídea
[1.00, 1.00, 0.50]	#FFFF80	Light Yellow	Lichtgeel	Hellgelb	Amarillo Claro

Color maps

You can make a color map for plots like surface plots:

map = [RGBcolors.LIME, RGBcolors.BLUE, RGBcolors.MAGENTA];
colormap(map);
surf(peaks);

Name	Description
parula	Parula colormap array
turbo	Turbo colormap array
hsv	HSV colormap array
hot	Hot colormap array
cool	Cool colormap array
spring	Spring colormap array
summer	Summer colormap array
autumn	Autumn colormap array
winter	Winter colormap array
gray	Gray colormap array
bone	Bone colormap array
copper	Copper colormap array
pink	Pink colormap array
lines	Lines colormap array
jet	Jet colormap array
colorcube	Colorcube colormap array
prism	Prism colormap array
flag	Flag colormap array