One color per member of a team

Builds a categorical palette for a combiner team or subgroup by taking one color from each member, in the team's order (torso first, then limbs, for a combiner team). Each color is named after the member it came from, so the palette doubles as a legend.

Usage

tf_team_palette(
  team,
  which = 1L,
  distinct = FALSE,
  combined = FALSE,
  medium = "toy"
)

Arguments

team

Combiner team name; see tf_teams(). Matched case-insensitively and by unique prefix.

which

Which color to take from each member's palette when distinct = FALSE. 1 (the default) is the body color; 2 the secondary color, and so on. Members with fewer colors than which fall back to their last color.

distinct

Logical. Choose each member's color to be as different as possible from those already chosen? See Details.

combined

Logical. Include the team's combined form as the last color?

medium

Which version of the team to use: "toy" (default), "cartoon" or "comic". Errors if any member lacks a palette in that medium.

Value

A named character vector of hex colors with class "tf_palette".

Details

By default the body color of each member is used, which is faithful but collapses for teams cast from shared plastics: every Constructicon is the same green, three Protectobots are white, and so on. With distinct = TRUE each member instead contributes the color from its palette that is furthest (in CIE Lab) from the colors already chosen for the members before it, so the palette stays legible while every color is still one the member actually wears. The Stunticons, Combaticons and Terrorcons are distinct either way; for the others distinct = TRUE is the useful setting. Check the result with tf_palette_stats() on the returned colors if legibility matters.

Examples

tf_team_palette("Stunticons")
#> Transformers team palette 'stunticons' (5 colors)
#> motormaster = #1E1E1E
#> dead_end = #7A1F2E
#> breakdown = #F0F0EC
#> drag_strip = #F4A21C
#> wildrider = #4E5257

tf_team_palette("Seekers")
#> Transformers team palette 'seekers' (6 colors)
#> starscream = #C9CCCF
#> thundercracker = #2F5FA8
#> skywarp = #1E1E1E
#> dirge = #1F3F94
#> ramjet = #F0F0EC
#> thrust = #7A1F2E

tf_team_palette("Aerialbots")
#> Transformers team palette 'aerialbots' (5 colors)
#> silverbolt = #F0F0EC
#> air_raid = #1F1F22
#> fireflight = #D8262C
#> skydive = #7C8187
#> slingshot = #F0F0EC

tf_team_palette("Aerialbots", distinct = TRUE)
#> Transformers team palette 'aerialbots' (5 colors)
#> silverbolt = #F0F0EC
#> air_raid = #C8262E
#> fireflight = #26262A
#> skydive = #3A5FA8
#> slingshot = #9A9DA1

tf_team_palette("Predacons", which = 2)
#> Transformers team palette 'predacons' (5 colors)
#> razorclaw = #C8262E
#> rampage = #262626
#> tantrum = #8C8F94
#> headstrong = #C8262E
#> divebomb = #C8262E

tf_team_palette("Combaticons", medium = "cartoon")
#> Transformers team palette 'combaticons_cartoon' (5 colors)
#> onslaught_cartoon = #4E6E3E
#> brawl_cartoon = #5B6B3A
#> swindle_cartoon = #D9B04A
#> blast_off_cartoon = #7A5A3A
#> vortex_cartoon = #8C97A8


library(ggplot2)
ggplot(mpg, aes(displ, hwy, colour = drv)) +
  geom_point() +
  scale_colour_manual(values = unname(tf_team_palette("Stunticons")))