polarLAB {colorspace}R Documentation

Create polarLAB Colors

Description

This function creates colors of class “polarLAB”; a subclass of the virtual “color” class.

Usage

polarLAB(L, C, H, names)

Arguments

L,C,H

these arguments give the L, C and H coordinates of the colors. The values can be provided in separate L, C and H vectors or in a three-column matrix passed as L.

names

A vector of names for the colors (by default the row names of L are used).

Details

The polarLAB space is a transformation of the CIE L*a*b* space so that the a and b values are converted to polar coordinates. The radial component C measures chroma and the angular coordinate H is measures hue.

Value

An object of class “polarLAB” which inherits from class “color.”

Author(s)

Ross Ihaka

See Also

RGB, HSV, XYZ, LAB, polarLAB, LUV, polarLUV.

Examples

## Show the polarLAB space
x = RGB(runif(1000), runif(1000), runif(1000))
plot(as(x,"polarLAB"))
[Package colorspace version 1.1-1 Index]