painbow

Use XKCD's "Painbow" Colormap in ggplot2

v1.0.1 · Nov 11, 2021 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

XKCD described a supposedly "bad" colormap that it called a "Painbow" (see <https://xkcd.com/2537/>). But simple tests demonstrate that under some circumstances, the colormap can perform very well, and people can find information that is difficult to detect with the ggplot2 default and even supposedly "good" colormaps like viridis. This library let's you use the Painbow in your own ggplot graphs.

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Maintainer: ‘Steve Haroz <painbow@steveharoz.com>’

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NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Steve Haroz <painbow@steveharoz.com>’

No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
  Authors@R: person(given = "Steve",
                    family = "Haroz",
                    role = c("aut", "cre"),
                    email = "painbow@steveharoz.com")
as necessary.

NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

CRAN incoming feasibility

Maintainer: ‘Steve Haroz <painbow@steveharoz.com>’

No Authors@R field in DESCRIPTION.
Please add one, modifying
  Authors@R: person(given = "Steve",
                    family = "Haroz",
                    role = c("aut", "cre"),
                    email = "painbow@steveharoz.com")
as necessary.

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new 1.0.1 Mar 10, 2026