linuxcolors: color palettes from the identity colors of the most popular Linux distros

Installation

# Install from GitHub
pak::pak("ikashnitsky/linuxcolors")

Palettes

library(linuxcolors)
library(tidyverse)

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library(prismatic)
library(colorspace)

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The following object is masked from 'package:prismatic':

    contrast_ratio

# main
linuxcolors_palettes$main |>color() |> plot()

# additional
linuxcolors_palettes$additional |> color() |> plot()

# larger
linuxcolors_palettes$larger |> color() |> plot()

# max_paired
linuxcolors_palettes$max_paired |> color() |> plot()

# diverging
linuxcolors_palettes$diverging |> color() |> plot()

# sequential_green
linuxcolors_palettes$sequential_green |> color() |> plot()

# colorblind_strict
linuxcolors_palettes$colorblind_strict |> color() |> plot()

linuxcolors_palettes$colorblind_strict |> color() |> check_color_blindness()

# neon
linuxcolors_palettes$neon |> color() |> plot()

Usage

library(tidyverse)
library(linuxcolors)


# Discrete color scale example
swiss |>
  ggplot(
    aes(x = Agriculture, y = Fertility, color = Catholic > 50)
  ) +
  geom_point(size = 3) +
  stat_ellipse()+
  scale_color_linux("neon")


# Discrete fill scale example
swiss |> 
  mutate(Religion = ifelse(Catholic > 50, "Catholic", "Protestant")) |>
  ggplot(aes(x = Fertility, fill = Religion)) +
  geom_density(alpha = 0.7) +
  scale_fill_linux("main")

# Continuous color scale example
swiss |>
  ggplot(aes(x = Agriculture, y = Fertility, color = Education)) +
  geom_point(size = 3) +
  scale_color_linux("diverging", discrete = FALSE)

License

This package is FOSS under MIT License. See the file LICENSE for details.

A note on AI helpers

This package was created with the assistance of AI tools, including Claude Sonnet 4.6 via Perplexity, Gemini Pro 3.1 via Gemini and Antigravity. inst/init contains the jumpstarter prompts used to conceptualize the package. The main part of the coding was done using Antigravity. inst/antigravity contain the i plementation plan and walkthrough,inst/antigravity/session.json contains the session history. The package logo was created using nanobanana 2 model in Gemini.