function [map,num,typ,scheme] = brewermap(N,scheme) % The complete selection of ColorBrewer colorschemes/palettes (RGB colormaps). % % Returns an RGB colormap from Cynthia Brewer's ColorBrewer 2.0 palettes, % intended for mapping and plots with attractive, distinguishable colors. % %%% Basic Syntax %%% % % brewermap() % print summary % map = brewermap(N,scheme) % %%% Preset Syntax %%% % % old = brewermap(scheme) % map = brewermap() % map = brewermap(N) % % [...,num,typ] = brewermap(...) % %% Colorschemes %% % % This product includes color specifications and designs developed by Cynthia Brewer. % See the ColorBrewer website for further information about each colorscheme, % colour-blind suitability, licensing, and citations: http://colorbrewer.org/ % Each colorscheme is defined by a set of hand-picked RGB values (nodes). % % To reverse the colormap sequence prefix the colorscheme name with '-'. % % Diverging | Qualitative | Sequential % ----------|-------------|------------------ % BrBG | Accent | Blues PuBuGn % PiYG | Dark2 | BuGn PuRd % PRGn | Paired | BuPu Purples % PuOr | Pastel1 | GnBu RdPu % RdBu | Pastel2 | Greens Reds % RdGy | Set1 | Greys YlGn % RdYlBu | Set2 | OrRd YlGnBu % RdYlGn | Set3 | Oranges YlOrBr % Spectral | | PuBu YlOrRd % % If is greater than the requested colorscheme's defining nodes then: % - Diverging and Sequential colorschemes are interpolated. % - Qualitative colorschemes repeat the nodes (i.e. just like LINES does). % Else: % - Exact values from the ColorBrewer colorschemes are returned. % %% Examples %% % %%% New colors for the COLORMAP example %%% % % >> S = load('spine'); % >> image(S.X) % >> colormap(brewermap([],"YlGnBu")) % %%% New colors for the SURF example %%% % % >> [X,Y,Z] = peaks(30); % >> surfc(X,Y,Z) % >> colormap(brewermap([],'RdYlGn')) % >> axis([-3,3,-3,3,-10,5]) % %%% Plot a colorscheme's RGB values %%% % % >> rgbplot(brewermap(NaN, '+Blues')) % standard % >> rgbplot(brewermap(NaN, '-Blues')) % reversed % %%% View information about a colorscheme %%% % % >> [~,num,typ] = brewermap(NaN,'Paired') % num = 12 % typ = 'Qualitative' % %%% Multi-line plot using matrices %%% % % >> N = 6; % >> axes('ColorOrder',brewermap(N,'Pastel2'),'NextPlot','replacechildren') % >> X = linspace(0,pi*3,1000); % >> Y = bsxfun(@(x,n)n*sin(x+2*n*pi/N), X(:), 1:N); % >> plot(X,Y, 'linewidth',4) % %%% Multi-line plot in a loop %%% % % set(0,'DefaultAxesColorOrder',brewermap(NaN,'Accent')) % N = 6; % X = linspace(0,pi*3,1000); % Y = bsxfun(@(x,n)n*sin(x+2*n*pi/N), X(:), 1:N); % for n = 1:N % plot(X(:),Y(:,n), 'linewidth',4); % hold all % end % %% Input Arguments (**=default) %% % % N = NumericScalar, N>=0, an integer to specify the colormap length. % = []**, map has the same length as MATLAB's inbuilt colormap functions. % = NaN, map is exactly the defining RGB nodes (useful for line ColorOrder). % scheme = CharRowVector or StringScalar, a ColorBrewer colorscheme name. % %% Output Arguments %% % % map = NumericMatrix, size Nx3, a colormap of RGB values between 0 and 1. % num = NumericVector, the number of nodes defining the ColorBrewer colorscheme. % typ = CharRowVector, the colorscheme type: 'Diverging'/'Qualitative'/'Sequential'. % %% Dependencies %% % % * MATLAB R2009a or later. % % See also BREWERMAP_NODES BREWERMAP_VIEW PRESET_COLORMAP CUBEHELIX MAXDISTCOLOR % LBMAP PARULA LINES RGBPLOT COLORMAP COLORBAR PLOT PLOT3 AXES SET CONTOURF persistent bmc scm txt % if isempty(bmc) bmc = bmStruct(); end % %% Input Wrangling %% % if nargin==0 N = []; end % err = 'First input must be a real positive scalar numeric or [] or NaN.'; % if nargout==0 && nargin==0 hdr = { 'Type'; 'Scheme'; 'Nodes'}; tsn = [{bmc.typ};{bmc.str};{bmc.num}]; fprintf('%-12s %-9s %s\n',hdr{:}); fprintf('%-12s %-9s %u\n',tsn{:}); return elseif isnumeric(N) if isequal(N,[]) % Default N is the same as MATLAB colormaps: N = cmDefaultN(); else assert(isscalar(N),... 'SC:brewermap:N:NotScalarNumeric',err) assert(isnan(N) || isreal(N)&&isfinite(N)&&fix(N)==N&&N>=0,... 'SC:brewermap:N:NotWholeRealNotNaN',err) N = double(N); end if nargin<2 assert(~isempty(scm),... 'SC:colorbrewer:scheme:NotPreset',... 'Colorscheme must be preset before this call: BREWERMAP(SCHEME)') scheme = scm; else scheme = bm1s2c(scheme); assert(ischar(scheme)&&ndims(scheme)==2&&size(scheme,1)==1,... 'SC:brewermap:scheme:NotText',... 'Input must be a character vector or a string scalar.') %#ok end else % preset assert(nargin<2,... 'SC:brewermap:WrongArgumentNumber',... 'If calling with two inputs then the 1st input must be numeric.') scheme = bm1s2c(N); assert(ischar(scheme)&&ndims(scheme)==2&&size(scheme,1)==1,... 'SC:brewermap:N:NotText',... 'To preset: the scheme must be a character vector or a string scalar.') %#ok if strcmpi(scheme,'list') map = {bmc.str}; num = [bmc.num]; typ = {bmc.typ}; return end end % isr = strncmp(scheme,'-',1) || strncmp(scheme,'*',1); isd = strncmp(scheme,'+',1) || isr; % direction ids = strcmpi(scheme(1+isd:end),{bmc.str}); assert(any(ids),... 'SC:brewermap:scheme:UnknownColorscheme',... 'Unknown colorscheme name: "%s"',scheme) % num = bmc(ids).num; typ = bmc(ids).typ; % if ~isnumeric(N) % preset map = txt; txt = N; scm = scheme; return elseif N==0 map = nan(0,3); return elseif isnan(N) N = num; end % % Downsample: [idx,itp] = bmIndex(N,num,typ); % map = bmc(ids).rgb(idx,:)/255; % % Interpolate: if itp % % Extrapolate a small amount beyond the end nodes: %ido = linspace(0,num+1,N+2); %ido = ido(2:end-1); % Interpolation completely within the end nodes: ido = linspace(1,num,N); % switch typ case 'Diverging' mid = ceil(num/2); idl = 1:mid; idr = mid:num; map = [... interp1(idl,map(idl,:),ido(ido<=mid),'pchip');... interp1(idr,map(idr,:),ido(ido>mid),'pchip')]; case 'Sequential' map = interp1(1:num,map,ido,'pchip'); otherwise error('SC:brewermap:Interp:UnknownType','Unknown colorscheme type.') end % end % % Limit output range: map = max(0,min(1,map)); % % Reverse row order: if isr map = map(end:-1:1,:); end % end %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%brewermap function N = cmDefaultN() % Get the colormap size from the current figure or default colormap. try F = get(groot,'CurrentFigure'); catch %#ok pre HG2 N = size(get(gcf,'colormap'),1); return end if isempty(F) N = size(get(groot,'DefaultFigureColormap'),1); else N = size(F.Colormap,1); end end %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%cmDefaultN function arr = bm1s2c(arr) % If scalar string then extract the character vector, otherwise data is unchanged. if isa(arr,'string') && isscalar(arr) arr = arr{1}; end end %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%bm1s2c function [idx,itp] = bmIndex(N,num,typ) % Ensure exactly the same colors as the online ColorBrewer colorschemes. % switch typ case 'Qualitative' itp = false; idx = 1+mod(0:N-1,num); case 'Diverging' itp = N>num; switch N case 1 % extrapolated idx = 8; case 2 % extrapolated idx = [4,12]; case 3 idx = [5,8,11]; case 4 idx = [3,6,10,13]; case 5 idx = [3,6,8,10,13]; case 6 idx = [2,5,7,9,11,14]; case 7 idx = [2,5,7,8,9,11,14]; case 8 idx = [2,4,6,7,9,10,12,14]; case 9 idx = [2,4,6,7,8,9,10,12,14]; case 10 idx = [1,2,4,6,7,9,10,12,14,15]; otherwise idx = [1,2,4,6,7,8,9,10,12,14,15]; end case 'Sequential' itp = N>num; switch N case 1 % extrapolated idx = 6; case 2 % extrapolated idx = [4,8]; case 3 idx = [3,6,9]; case 4 idx = [2,5,7,10]; case 5 idx = [2,5,7,9,11]; case 6 idx = [2,4,6,7,9,11]; case 7 idx = [2,4,6,7,8,10,12]; case 8 idx = [1,3,4,6,7,8,10,12]; otherwise idx = [1,3,4,6,7,8,10,11,13]; end otherwise error('SC:brewermap:Index:UnknownType','Unknown colorscheme type.') end % end %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%bmIndex function bmc = bmStruct() % Return a structure of all colorschemes: name, scheme type, RGB values, number of nodes. % Order: sorted first by , then case-insensitive sorted by . bmc(35).str = 'YlOrRd'; bmc(35).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(35).rgb = [255,255,204;255,255,178;255,237,160;254,217,118;254,204,92;254,178,76;253,141,60;252,78,42;240,59,32;227,26,28;189,0,38;177,0,38;128,0,38]; bmc(34).str = 'YlOrBr'; bmc(34).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(34).rgb = [255,255,229;255,255,212;255,247,188;254,227,145;254,217,142;254,196,79;254,153,41;236,112,20;217,95,14;204,76,2;153,52,4;140,45,4;102,37,6]; bmc(33).str = 'YlGnBu'; bmc(33).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(33).rgb = [255,255,217;255,255,204;237,248,177;199,233,180;161,218,180;127,205,187;65,182,196;29,145,192;44,127,184;34,94,168;37,52,148;12,44,132;8,29,88]; bmc(32).str = 'YlGn'; bmc(32).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(32).rgb = [255,255,229;255,255,204;247,252,185;217,240,163;194,230,153;173,221,142;120,198,121;65,171,93;49,163,84;35,132,67;0,104,55;0,90,50;0,69,41]; bmc(31).str = 'Reds'; bmc(31).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(31).rgb = [255,245,240;254,229,217;254,224,210;252,187,161;252,174,145;252,146,114;251,106,74;239,59,44;222,45,38;203,24,29;165,15,21;153,0,13;103,0,13]; bmc(30).str = 'RdPu'; bmc(30).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(30).rgb = [255,247,243;254,235,226;253,224,221;252,197,192;251,180,185;250,159,181;247,104,161;221,52,151;197,27,138;174,1,126;122,1,119;122,1,119;73,0,106]; bmc(29).str = 'Purples'; bmc(29).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(29).rgb = [252,251,253;242,240,247;239,237,245;218,218,235;203,201,226;188,189,220;158,154,200;128,125,186;117,107,177;106,81,163;84,39,143;74,20,134;63,0,125]; bmc(28).str = 'PuRd'; bmc(28).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(28).rgb = [247,244,249;241,238,246;231,225,239;212,185,218;215,181,216;201,148,199;223,101,176;231,41,138;221,28,119;206,18,86;152,0,67;145,0,63;103,0,31]; bmc(27).str = 'PuBuGn'; bmc(27).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(27).rgb = [255,247,251;246,239,247;236,226,240;208,209,230;189,201,225;166,189,219;103,169,207;54,144,192;28,144,153;2,129,138;1,108,89;1,100,80;1,70,54]; bmc(26).str = 'PuBu'; bmc(26).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(26).rgb = [255,247,251;241,238,246;236,231,242;208,209,230;189,201,225;166,189,219;116,169,207;54,144,192;43,140,190;5,112,176;4,90,141;3,78,123;2,56,88]; bmc(25).str = 'Oranges'; bmc(25).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(25).rgb = [255,245,235;254,237,222;254,230,206;253,208,162;253,190,133;253,174,107;253,141,60;241,105,19;230,85,13;217,72,1;166,54,3;140,45,4;127,39,4]; bmc(24).str = 'OrRd'; bmc(24).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(24).rgb = [255,247,236;254,240,217;254,232,200;253,212,158;253,204,138;253,187,132;252,141,89;239,101,72;227,74,51;215,48,31;179,0,0;153,0,0;127,0,0]; bmc(23).str = 'Greys'; bmc(23).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(23).rgb = [255,255,255;247,247,247;240,240,240;217,217,217;204,204,204;189,189,189;150,150,150;115,115,115;99,99,99;82,82,82;37,37,37;37,37,37;0,0,0]; bmc(22).str = 'Greens'; bmc(22).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(22).rgb = [247,252,245;237,248,233;229,245,224;199,233,192;186,228,179;161,217,155;116,196,118;65,171,93;49,163,84;35,139,69;0,109,44;0,90,50;0,68,27]; bmc(21).str = 'GnBu'; bmc(21).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(21).rgb = [247,252,240;240,249,232;224,243,219;204,235,197;186,228,188;168,221,181;123,204,196;78,179,211;67,162,202;43,140,190;8,104,172;8,88,158;8,64,129]; bmc(20).str = 'BuPu'; bmc(20).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(20).rgb = [247,252,253;237,248,251;224,236,244;191,211,230;179,205,227;158,188,218;140,150,198;140,107,177;136,86,167;136,65,157;129,15,124;110,1,107;77,0,75]; bmc(19).str = 'BuGn'; bmc(19).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(19).rgb = [247,252,253;237,248,251;229,245,249;204,236,230;178,226,226;153,216,201;102,194,164;65,174,118;44,162,95;35,139,69;0,109,44;0,88,36;0,68,27]; bmc(18).str = 'Blues'; bmc(18).typ = 'Sequential'; bmc(18).rgb = [247,251,255;239,243,255;222,235,247;198,219,239;189,215,231;158,202,225;107,174,214;66,146,198;49,130,189;33,113,181;8,81,156;8,69,148;8,48,107]; bmc(17).str = 'Set3'; bmc(17).typ = 'Qualitative'; bmc(17).rgb = [141,211,199;255,255,179;190,186,218;251,128,114;128,177,211;253,180,98;179,222,105;252,205,229;217,217,217;188,128,189;204,235,197;255,237,111]; bmc(16).str = 'Set2'; bmc(16).typ = 'Qualitative'; bmc(16).rgb = [102,194,165;252,141,98;141,160,203;231,138,195;166,216,84;255,217,47;229,196,148;179,179,179]; bmc(15).str = 'Set1'; bmc(15).typ = 'Qualitative'; bmc(15).rgb = [228,26,28;55,126,184;77,175,74;152,78,163;255,127,0;255,255,51;166,86,40;247,129,191;153,153,153]; bmc(14).str = 'Pastel2'; bmc(14).typ = 'Qualitative'; bmc(14).rgb = [179,226,205;253,205,172;203,213,232;244,202,228;230,245,201;255,242,174;241,226,204;204,204,204]; bmc(13).str = 'Pastel1'; bmc(13).typ = 'Qualitative'; bmc(13).rgb = [251,180,174;179,205,227;204,235,197;222,203,228;254,217,166;255,255,204;229,216,189;253,218,236;242,242,242]; bmc(12).str = 'Paired'; bmc(12).typ = 'Qualitative'; bmc(12).rgb = [166,206,227;31,120,180;178,223,138;51,160,44;251,154,153;227,26,28;253,191,111;255,127,0;202,178,214;106,61,154;255,255,153;177,89,40]; bmc(11).str = 'Dark2'; bmc(11).typ = 'Qualitative'; bmc(11).rgb = [27,158,119;217,95,2;117,112,179;231,41,138;102,166,30;230,171,2;166,118,29;102,102,102]; bmc(10).str = 'Accent'; bmc(10).typ = 'Qualitative'; bmc(10).rgb = [127,201,127;190,174,212;253,192,134;255,255,153;56,108,176;240,2,127;191,91,23;102,102,102]; bmc(09).str = 'Spectral'; bmc(09).typ = 'Diverging'; bmc(09).rgb = [158,1,66;213,62,79;215,25,28;244,109,67;252,141,89;253,174,97;254,224,139;255,255,191;230,245,152;171,221,164;153,213,148;102,194,165;43,131,186;50,136,189;94,79,162]; bmc(08).str = 'RdYlGn'; bmc(08).typ = 'Diverging'; bmc(08).rgb = [165,0,38;215,48,39;215,25,28;244,109,67;252,141,89;253,174,97;254,224,139;255,255,191;217,239,139;166,217,106;145,207,96;102,189,99;26,150,65;26,152,80;0,104,55]; bmc(07).str = 'RdYlBu'; bmc(07).typ = 'Diverging'; bmc(07).rgb = [165,0,38;215,48,39;215,25,28;244,109,67;252,141,89;253,174,97;254,224,144;255,255,191;224,243,248;171,217,233;145,191,219;116,173,209;44,123,182;69,117,180;49,54,149]; bmc(06).str = 'RdGy'; bmc(06).typ = 'Diverging'; bmc(06).rgb = [103,0,31;178,24,43;202,0,32;214,96,77;239,138,98;244,165,130;253,219,199;255,255,255;224,224,224;186,186,186;153,153,153;135,135,135;64,64,64;77,77,77;26,26,26]; bmc(05).str = 'RdBu'; bmc(05).typ = 'Diverging'; bmc(05).rgb = [103,0,31;178,24,43;202,0,32;214,96,77;239,138,98;244,165,130;253,219,199;247,247,247;209,229,240;146,197,222;103,169,207;67,147,195;5,113,176;33,102,172;5,48,97]; bmc(04).str = 'PuOr'; bmc(04).typ = 'Diverging'; bmc(04).rgb = [127,59,8;179,88,6;230,97,1;224,130,20;241,163,64;253,184,99;254,224,182;247,247,247;216,218,235;178,171,210;153,142,195;128,115,172;94,60,153;84,39,136;45,0,75]; bmc(03).str = 'PRGn'; bmc(03).typ = 'Diverging'; bmc(03).rgb = [64,0,75;118,42,131;123,50,148;153,112,171;175,141,195;194,165,207;231,212,232;247,247,247;217,240,211;166,219,160;127,191,123;90,174,97;0,136,55;27,120,55;0,68,27]; bmc(02).str = 'PiYG'; bmc(02).typ = 'Diverging'; bmc(02).rgb = [142,1,82;197,27,125;208,28,139;222,119,174;233,163,201;241,182,218;253,224,239;247,247,247;230,245,208;184,225,134;161,215,106;127,188,65;77,172,38;77,146,33;39,100,25]; bmc(01).str = 'BrBG'; bmc(01).typ = 'Diverging'; bmc(01).rgb = [84,48,5;140,81,10;166,97,26;191,129,45;216,179,101;223,194,125;246,232,195;245,245,245;199,234,229;128,205,193;90,180,172;53,151,143;1,133,113;1,102,94;0,60,48]; % Number of nodes: for k = 1:numel(bmc) switch bmc(k).typ case 'Diverging' bmc(k).num = 11; case 'Qualitative' bmc(k).num = size(bmc(k).rgb,1); case 'Sequential' bmc(k).num = 9; otherwise error('SC:brewermap:Struct:UnknownType','Unknown colorscheme type.') end end % end %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%bmStruct % % Code and Implementation: % Copyright (c) 2014-2025 Stephen Cobeldick % Color Values Only: % Copyright (c) 2002 Cynthia Brewer, Mark Harrower, and The Pennsylvania State University. % % Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 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