How to create good RGB colors sequence?

[Alessandro Mandelli]

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From: "Witold Interewicz" <yinter_robocze at WP.PL>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:28 AM
Subject: [GRADSUSR] How to create good RGB colors sequence?


> Hello,
> How to generate automatically (ie. not by hand) nice sequence of
> visually distinct RGB colors (to be used in sequence of
> 'set rgb <R> <G> <B>' commands)?

Take a good existing map, the color sequence of which is good for you.
Then pick the single colors with a image editing software color-pick
tool, able to return RGB values.
Copy the numbers into a text file, by preceeding the numbers with "set
rgb <num>".
Save the file as a .gs file and call it within a script whenever shaded
is required.
Be sure to credit the owner of the color sequence, if any at all, before
anybody comes out blaming you should incorporate the credits for
licence.