*! version 1.0.0 21MAR2016

Command used to build data set containing additional color palettes used by brewscheme.

help for brewextra

brewextra -- A utility for brewscheme that allows users to add data to their local brewscheme database for use creating new scheme files.

Syntax

brewextra [, files(string) replace ]

Description

brewextra is used to build a look-up table of RGB values for
palettes as part of the Color Brewer
research. Additionally, the program also parses the available meta data on the
"friendliness" properties of the various color palettes and includes an option
to look up those meta data on the fly. Additionally, the program will
automatically call the brewextra program to add the other available
research-based color palettes to the file when constructed.

Options

files is an optional argument used to pass filenames to the
program to be added to the local brewscheme data base. The program also
includes some simple validation to hopefully prevent breaking the functionality
of brewscheme. Below is the file specification that should guide your
construction of files to add to the brewscheme database.

variable storage display value
name type format label variable label

palette str11 %11s Name of Color Palette
colorblind byte %10.0g colorblind Colorblind Indicator
print byte %10.0g print Print Indicator
photocopy byte %10.0g photocopy Photocopy Indicator
lcd byte %10.0g lcd LCD/Laptop Indicator
colorid byte %10.0g Within pcolor ID for individual color look ups
pcolor byte %10.0g Palette by Colors Selected ID
rgb str11 %11s Red-Green-Blue Values to Build Scheme Files
maxcolors byte %10.0g Maximum number of colors allowed for the palette
seqid str13 %13s Sequential ID for property lookups
meta str13 %13s Meta-Data Palette Characteristics

replace is an optional argument used to rebuild and overwrite
the brewextras.dta file containing the additional palettes used by brewscheme.

Examples

Rebuild the additional palettes included in brewscheme

brewextra, rep

Author

William R. Buchanan, Ph.D.

Data Scientist

Minneapolis Public Schools

William.Buchanan at mpls [dot] k12 [dot] mn [dot] us