Thread Subject: custom color map

Is there a way to interpolate between RGB values? I have a
set of values that I want to map (linearly or otherwise) to
colors from a color_min to color_max. Since RGB is not
"incrementable", how would I do this?

I'd like to actually write the function instead of using
some kind of built in thing because this code is most likely
going to be ported to c++ at some point.

Any suggestions would be great!

Thanks,

David

On Feb 6, 7:38=A0pm, "David Doria" <daviddo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to interpolate between RGB values? I have a
> set of values that I want to map (linearly or otherwise) to
> colors from a color_min to color_max. =A0Since RGB is not
> "incrementable", how would I do this?
>
> I'd like to actually write the function instead of using
> some kind of built in thing because this code is most likely
> going to be ported to c++ at some point.
>
> Any suggestions would be great!
>
> Thanks,
>
> David


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David:
Yes, you can interpolate in RGB space if you want. It depends on what
you want to do. You could just define certain node colors (say, 5 of
them to define a path through the space), and then interpolate the in-
between values. There's nothing to say that interpolation in RGB-
space is an inherently "wrong" approach.

However, you might find that using a different color space would be
easier and give a more natural progression of the colors. For
example, define your path in HSV space (say keeping the same
saturation and just changing the hue), and then converting the values
back to RGB space which is what colormap in MATLAB requires. Or
define a constant hue and just change the saturation values.

See http://www.easyrgb.com/math.html for more info plus lots of
useful, yet simple, equations. There is also a newsgroup called
"sci.engr.color" if you're interested.
Regards,
ImageAnalyst

Perfect! I just fix S and V and increment H, then convert
the hsv to rgb and get exactly the effect I was going for.
I suppose that you just have to be careful and not go
completely around the cone because then your high values
will be red just like the low values! Is there a commonly
used min and max angle to use on the hsv cone?

Thanks for the help!

Dave

ImageAnalyst <imageanalyst@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> On Feb 6, 7:38=A0pm, "David Doria" <daviddo...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > Is there a way to interpolate between RGB values? I have a
> > set of values that I want to map (linearly or otherwise) to
> > colors from a color_min to color_max. =A0Since RGB is not
> > "incrementable", how would I do this?
> >
> > I'd like to actually write the function instead of using
> > some kind of built in thing because this code is most likely
> > going to be ported to c++ at some point.
> >
> > Any suggestions would be great!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > David
>
>
>
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> David:
> Yes, you can interpolate in RGB space if you want. It
depends on what
> you want to do. You could just define certain node colors
(say, 5 of
> them to define a path through the space), and then
interpolate the in-
> between values. There's nothing to say that interpolation
in RGB-
> space is an inherently "wrong" approach.
>
> However, you might find that using a different color space
would be
> easier and give a more natural progression of the colors. For
> example, define your path in HSV space (say keeping the same
> saturation and just changing the hue), and then converting
the values
> back to RGB space which is what colormap in MATLAB
requires. Or
> define a constant hue and just change the saturation values.
>
> See http://www.easyrgb.com/math.html for more info plus
lots of
> useful, yet simple, equations. There is also a newsgroup
called
> "sci.engr.color" if you're interested.
> Regards,
> ImageAnalyst

On Feb 6, 10:16=A0pm, "David Doria" <daviddo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Perfect! I just fix S and V and increment H, then convert
> the hsv to rgb and get exactly the effect I was going for.
> I suppose that you just have to be careful and not go
> completely around the cone because then your high values
> will be red just like the low values! =A0Is there a commonly
> used min and max angle to use on the hsv cone?
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Dave
>
> ImageAnalyst <imageanal...@mailinator.com> wrote in message
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> <70f57474-2aa9-456e-bbd4-9f7a8dfbe...@d70g2000hsb.googlegroups.com>...
>
>
>
> > On Feb 6, 7:38=3DA0pm, "David Doria" <daviddo...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Is there a way to interpolate between RGB values? I have a
> > > set of values that I want to map (linearly or otherwise) to
> > > colors from a color_min to color_max. =3DA0Since RGB is not
> > > "incrementable", how would I do this?
>
> > > I'd like to actually write the function instead of using
> > > some kind of built in thing because this code is most likely
> > > going to be ported to c++ at some point.
>
> > > Any suggestions would be great!
>
> > > Thanks,
>
> > > David
>
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> > David:
> > Yes, you can interpolate in RGB space if you want. =A0It
> depends on what
> > you want to do. =A0You could just define certain node colors
> (say, 5 of
> > them to define a path through the space), and then
> interpolate the in-
> > between values. =A0There's nothing to say that interpolation
> in RGB-
> > space is an inherently "wrong" approach.
>
> > However, you might find that using a different color space
> would be
> > easier and give a more natural progression of the colors. =A0For
> > example, define your path in HSV space (say keeping the same
> > saturation and just changing the hue), and then converting
> the values
> > back to RGB space which is what colormap in MATLAB
> requires. =A0Or
> > define a constant hue and just change the saturation values.
>
> > Seehttp://www.easyrgb.com/math.htmlfor more info plus
> lots of
> > useful, yet simple, equations. =A0There is also a newsgroup
> called
> > "sci.engr.color" if you're interested.
> > Regards,
> > ImageAnalyst- Hide quoted text -
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For hue-only variation, I guess that it's fairly common to have the
low values be blue, then higher values be green, then on through
yellow and orange and ending up with read as the highest values.
Sometimes they go on to interpolate in-between red and white so that
white has the highest values.
Regards,
ImageAnalyst