SETPMAP

Purpose:

Converts palette colors to colormap values.

Syntax:

SETPMAP(c1, c2, c3, ..., cN)

A list of integers, the palette colors.

Returns:

A Nx3 colormap or if no return value is requested, shades the current Window with the specified colors.

Example:

W1: density(spline2(rand(10), 5))

setpmap(blue, lblue, red, lred, yellow)

colorbar

$image\setpmappic.gif$

Creates a 46x46 density plot and shades the image with colors of blue, light blue, red, light red and yellow. The image is divided into 5 equal slices and shaded with the specified colors. The COLORBAR function adds a color legend to the plot.

Remarks:

SETPMAP accepts the same color values as SETPALETTE , however SETPMAP creates an RGB colormap that can be used to shade images, surface and 2D plots and is preferred over SETPALETTE.

Palette colors are specified in the file PALETTE.MAC.