ColorMap

class compas.colors.ColorMap

Bases: object

Class providing a map for 256 distinct colors of a specific color palette.

Parameters:

colorssequence[tuple[float, float, float]]

A sequence of colors forming the map. The number of colors in the sequence should be 256.

Attributes:

colorslist[compas.colors.Color]

The colors of the map.

Raises:

ValueError

If the number of colors in the sequence is not 256.

See also

compas.colors.Color

Examples

>>> import random
>>> cmap = ColorMap.from_palette("bamako")
>>> for i in range(100):
...     color = cmap(random.random())

>>> cmap = ColorMap.from_mpl("viridis")
>>> n = 100
>>> for i in range(n):
...     color = cmap(i, minval=0, maxval=n - 1)

Methods

from_color	Construct a color map from a single color by varying luminance.
from_mpl	Construct a color map from matplotlib.
from_palette	Construct a color map from a named palette.
from_rgb	Construct a color map from the complete rgb color space.
from_three_colors	Construct a color map from three colors.
from_two_colors	Create a color map from two colors.