How to define a custom pgf color palette from a given base color?

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I have a stacked plot with seven plots, and I'm trying to obtain a set of colors that suit with the primary color of the rest of the document.

The code is the following:

documentclassarticle

usepackagepgfplots
usepgfplotslibrarycolorbrewer

pgfplotssetcompat=newest

definecolormyblueRGB95,145,166

begindocument

tikz path node[rectangle, fill=myblue,inner sep=1cm] ;

begintikzpicture

 beginaxis[
 xbar stacked,
 cycle list/Blues-7, cycle list name=Blues-7,
 every axis plot/.style=fill
 ]

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;
 endaxis
endtikzpicture

enddocument

And its output is:

So the Blue-7 cycle list from color brewer is the closest that I could find, but the tonality is different and thus wrong.

Is there a way to obtain a 7-color cycle list similar to the XX-7 ones from colorbrewer but based on my basic blue color shown above? Looking at it, the base color may probably be the darkest of the series.

I'm citing specifically color brewer because the luminosity difference between different color in the original Blue-7 palette sounds quite right. Anyway, I don't need the colors to be necessarily automatically computed.

pgfplots color

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I have a stacked plot with seven plots, and I'm trying to obtain a set of colors that suit with the primary color of the rest of the document.

The code is the following:

documentclassarticle

usepackagepgfplots
usepgfplotslibrarycolorbrewer

pgfplotssetcompat=newest

definecolormyblueRGB95,145,166

begindocument

tikz path node[rectangle, fill=myblue,inner sep=1cm] ;

begintikzpicture

 beginaxis[
 xbar stacked,
 cycle list/Blues-7, cycle list name=Blues-7,
 every axis plot/.style=fill
 ]

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;
 endaxis
endtikzpicture

enddocument

And its output is:

So the Blue-7 cycle list from color brewer is the closest that I could find, but the tonality is different and thus wrong.

Is there a way to obtain a 7-color cycle list similar to the XX-7 ones from colorbrewer but based on my basic blue color shown above? Looking at it, the base color may probably be the darkest of the series.

I'm citing specifically color brewer because the luminosity difference between different color in the original Blue-7 palette sounds quite right. Anyway, I don't need the colors to be necessarily automatically computed.

pgfplots color

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I have a stacked plot with seven plots, and I'm trying to obtain a set of colors that suit with the primary color of the rest of the document.

The code is the following:

documentclassarticle

usepackagepgfplots
usepgfplotslibrarycolorbrewer

pgfplotssetcompat=newest

definecolormyblueRGB95,145,166

begindocument

tikz path node[rectangle, fill=myblue,inner sep=1cm] ;

begintikzpicture

 beginaxis[
 xbar stacked,
 cycle list/Blues-7, cycle list name=Blues-7,
 every axis plot/.style=fill
 ]

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;
 endaxis
endtikzpicture

enddocument

And its output is:

So the Blue-7 cycle list from color brewer is the closest that I could find, but the tonality is different and thus wrong.

Is there a way to obtain a 7-color cycle list similar to the XX-7 ones from colorbrewer but based on my basic blue color shown above? Looking at it, the base color may probably be the darkest of the series.

I'm citing specifically color brewer because the luminosity difference between different color in the original Blue-7 palette sounds quite right. Anyway, I don't need the colors to be necessarily automatically computed.

pgfplots color

share|improve this question

asked 4 hours ago

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I have a stacked plot with seven plots, and I'm trying to obtain a set of colors that suit with the primary color of the rest of the document.

The code is the following:

documentclassarticle

usepackagepgfplots
usepgfplotslibrarycolorbrewer

pgfplotssetcompat=newest

definecolormyblueRGB95,145,166

begindocument

tikz path node[rectangle, fill=myblue,inner sep=1cm] ;

begintikzpicture

 beginaxis[
 xbar stacked,
 cycle list/Blues-7, cycle list name=Blues-7,
 every axis plot/.style=fill
 ]

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;
 endaxis
endtikzpicture

enddocument

And its output is:

So the Blue-7 cycle list from color brewer is the closest that I could find, but the tonality is different and thus wrong.

Is there a way to obtain a 7-color cycle list similar to the XX-7 ones from colorbrewer but based on my basic blue color shown above? Looking at it, the base color may probably be the darkest of the series.

I'm citing specifically color brewer because the luminosity difference between different color in the original Blue-7 palette sounds quite right. Anyway, I don't need the colors to be necessarily automatically computed.

pgfplots color

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You can always define your own things.

documentclassarticle

usepackagepgfplots
usepgfplotslibrarycolorbrewer

pgfplotssetcompat=newest

definecolormyblueRGB95,145,166

begindocument

tikz path node[rectangle, fill=myblue,inner sep=1cm] ;
pgfplotscreateplotcyclelistmy blues%
myblue,myblue!90,myblue!80,myblue!70,myblue!60,myblue!50,myblue!40,myblue!30,myblue!20
begintikzpicture

 beginaxis[
 xbar stacked,
 cycle list name=my blues,
 every axis plot/.style=fill,
 ]

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;
 endaxis
endtikzpicture

enddocument

Of course, you could also define the list in a loop (but here copy & paste was even faster ;-).

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answered 2 hours ago

marmot

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  Thanks, but 1) why calling the Blues-7 key anyway? And 2) can I give a name to the list?
  – gigabytes
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @gigabytes as for 1) good catch! and as for 2) sure, see my update.
  – marmot
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Ah it was so easy! Thanks!
  – gigabytes
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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You can always define your own things.

documentclassarticle

usepackagepgfplots
usepgfplotslibrarycolorbrewer

pgfplotssetcompat=newest

definecolormyblueRGB95,145,166

begindocument

tikz path node[rectangle, fill=myblue,inner sep=1cm] ;
pgfplotscreateplotcyclelistmy blues%
myblue,myblue!90,myblue!80,myblue!70,myblue!60,myblue!50,myblue!40,myblue!30,myblue!20
begintikzpicture

 beginaxis[
 xbar stacked,
 cycle list name=my blues,
 every axis plot/.style=fill,
 ]

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;
 endaxis
endtikzpicture

enddocument

Of course, you could also define the list in a loop (but here copy & paste was even faster ;-).

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

marmot

72.1k477153

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks, but 1) why calling the Blues-7 key anyway? And 2) can I give a name to the list?
  – gigabytes
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @gigabytes as for 1) good catch! and as for 2) sure, see my update.
  – marmot
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Ah it was so easy! Thanks!
  – gigabytes
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

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accepted

You can always define your own things.

documentclassarticle

usepackagepgfplots
usepgfplotslibrarycolorbrewer

pgfplotssetcompat=newest

definecolormyblueRGB95,145,166

begindocument

tikz path node[rectangle, fill=myblue,inner sep=1cm] ;
pgfplotscreateplotcyclelistmy blues%
myblue,myblue!90,myblue!80,myblue!70,myblue!60,myblue!50,myblue!40,myblue!30,myblue!20
begintikzpicture

 beginaxis[
 xbar stacked,
 cycle list name=my blues,
 every axis plot/.style=fill,
 ]

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;
 endaxis
endtikzpicture

enddocument

Of course, you could also define the list in a loop (but here copy & paste was even faster ;-).

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

marmot

72.1k477153

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks, but 1) why calling the Blues-7 key anyway? And 2) can I give a name to the list?
  – gigabytes
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @gigabytes as for 1) good catch! and as for 2) sure, see my update.
  – marmot
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Ah it was so easy! Thanks!
  – gigabytes
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

up vote
3
down vote



accepted

up vote
3
down vote



accepted

You can always define your own things.

documentclassarticle

usepackagepgfplots
usepgfplotslibrarycolorbrewer

pgfplotssetcompat=newest

definecolormyblueRGB95,145,166

begindocument

tikz path node[rectangle, fill=myblue,inner sep=1cm] ;
pgfplotscreateplotcyclelistmy blues%
myblue,myblue!90,myblue!80,myblue!70,myblue!60,myblue!50,myblue!40,myblue!30,myblue!20
begintikzpicture

 beginaxis[
 xbar stacked,
 cycle list name=my blues,
 every axis plot/.style=fill,
 ]

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;
 endaxis
endtikzpicture

enddocument

Of course, you could also define the list in a loop (but here copy & paste was even faster ;-).

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

marmot

72.1k477153

You can always define your own things.

documentclassarticle

usepackagepgfplots
usepgfplotslibrarycolorbrewer

pgfplotssetcompat=newest

definecolormyblueRGB95,145,166

begindocument

tikz path node[rectangle, fill=myblue,inner sep=1cm] ;
pgfplotscreateplotcyclelistmy blues%
myblue,myblue!90,myblue!80,myblue!70,myblue!60,myblue!50,myblue!40,myblue!30,myblue!20
begintikzpicture

 beginaxis[
 xbar stacked,
 cycle list name=my blues,
 every axis plot/.style=fill,
 ]

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 first second
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;

 addplot table 
 prova colonna
 1 5
 2 6
 3 7
 4 8
 ;
 endaxis
endtikzpicture

enddocument

Of course, you could also define the list in a loop (but here copy & paste was even faster ;-).

share|improve this answer

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

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72.1k477153

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edited 2 hours ago

edited 2 hours ago

edited 2 hours ago

answered 2 hours ago

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72.1k477153

answered 2 hours ago

marmot

72.1k477153

answered 2 hours ago

marmot

72.1k477153

72.1k477153

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks, but 1) why calling the Blues-7 key anyway? And 2) can I give a name to the list?
  – gigabytes
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @gigabytes as for 1) good catch! and as for 2) sure, see my update.
  – marmot
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Ah it was so easy! Thanks!
  – gigabytes
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Thanks, but 1) why calling the Blues-7 key anyway? And 2) can I give a name to the list?
  – gigabytes
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  @gigabytes as for 1) good catch! and as for 2) sure, see my update.
  – marmot
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  Ah it was so easy! Thanks!
  – gigabytes
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

Thanks, but 1) why calling the Blues-7 key anyway? And 2) can I give a name to the list?
– gigabytes
2 hours ago

Thanks, but 1) why calling the Blues-7 key anyway? And 2) can I give a name to the list?
– gigabytes
2 hours ago

@gigabytes as for 1) good catch! and as for 2) sure, see my update.
– marmot
2 hours ago

@gigabytes as for 1) good catch! and as for 2) sure, see my update.
– marmot
2 hours ago

Ah it was so easy! Thanks!
– gigabytes
2 hours ago

Ah it was so easy! Thanks!
– gigabytes
2 hours ago

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