show_colors.m

generates a labeled plot showing all colors recognized by RGB.m

Description

 This Matlab script defines RGB values and English names for a set of 21 colors and then generates a labeled plot showing all of these colors with the corresponding name or names for each. show_colors is also useful as a demonstration for how to use RGB.m to generate Matlab plots with multiple colors.

show_colors depends on cell2num.m and fig.m.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a)
• Other requirements: show_colors depends on cell2num.m and fig.m.

[us]

unfortunately, this script does not run due to missing functions

- cell2num
- fig

us

[Ilana Nisky]

Cute idea.
The code does not run unless:
 the cell2num command is changed to cell2mat
and
the fig commant is changed to figure, for example by the following 2 lines:
handle= figure(1);
set(handle,'Position',[100,100, 1000, 900])

[Phillip M. Feldman]

Actually, fig is available (separate download). cell2num was missing, but I've submitted it now.

[Ilana Nisky]

After writing the comment I browesed the file exchange for a while and I ran into the fig function... Liked the fig function as well :) Any way, I find the colors.m helpful - it is always annoying to choose the colors by guessing...

[John D'Errico]

Perhaps fig may be available on the internet, but where? Give a link. Is it really that difficult to be friendly to those who might try to download your work? Is it really necessary for others to be forced to do these searches to find out how to use your code?

IF your code uses something that will not be available in MATLAB proper, then tell people about it. If it uses a toolbox function, then show that toolbox as a dependency. If it uses another FEX submission, then tell people about it. Put a link in your code that shows where to find it. Do NOT post code that has dependencies without that information, as this then is non-working code. Non-working code is by definition poor.