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MetBrewer

Palettes inspired by works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Pieces selected come from various time periods, regions, and mediums.

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Structure of the package was based on coding from the PNWColors and wesanderson packages. Inspired by the package RColorBrewer from the work of Cynthia Brewer.

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Install Package

Install via PyPA:

pip install met-brewer

or via pip directly from GitHub:

pip install -e git+https://github.com/BlakeRMills/MetBrewer#subdirectory=Python

For development, install the package under the Python/ directory:

python setup.py develop

or via pip locally:

pip install -e .

Use it in your code:

import met_brewer
colors = met_brew(name="VanGogh1", n=123, brew_type="continuous")

Palettes

All Palettes

AllPals

Archambault

Archambault

  • Woman’s Dress and Accessories, 2005, Jodi Archambault, Hunkpapa Lakota (Teton Sioux), Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Austria

Austria

  • Adoration of the Magi from Seven Scenes from the Life of Christ, 1390, Artists Unknown, Austrian, Link

Benedictus

Benedictus

  • Relais, 1930 : quinze planches donnant quarante-deux motifs décoratifs : enluminure d'art de J. Saudé : préliminaires de Y. Rambosson, 1930, Edouard Bénedictus, French, Link

Cassatt1

Cassatt

  • The Cup of Tea, 1880-1881, Mary Cassatt, American, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Cassatt2

Cassatt2

  • Lilacs in a Window (Vase de Lilas à la Fenetre), 1880–83, Mary Cassatt, American, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Cross

Cross

  • Cap Nègre, 1909, Henri-Edmond Cross, French, Link

Degas

Degas

  • The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage, 1874, Edgar Degas, French, Link

Demuth

Demuth

  • I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold, 1928, Charles Demuth, American, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Derain

Derain

  • The Palace of Westminster, 1906–1907, André Derain, French, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Egypt

Egypt

  • The King with Isis, Tomb of Haremhab, A.D. 1910–1911; original ca. 1323–1295 B.C., Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Gauguin

Gauguin

  • A Farm in Brittany, 1874, Paul Gauguin, French, Link

Greek

Greek

  • Terracotta neck-amphora (jar), ca. 550–540 B.C., Greek, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Hiroshige

Hiroshige

  • Sailing Boats Returning to Yabase, Lake Biwa, 1835, Utagawa Hiroshige, Japanese, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Hokusai1

Hokusai

  • Poem by Gon-Chūnagon Sadaie, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), 1760–1849, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Link

Hokusai2

Hokusai2

  • Lake Suwa in Shinano Province (Shinshū Suwako), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), 1830-32, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Hokusai3

Hokusai3

  • Yōrō Waterfall in Mino Province (Mino no Yōrō no taki), from the series A Tour of Waterfalls in Various Provinces (Shokoku taki meguri), 1832, Katsushika Hokusai, Japanese, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Homer1

Homer1

  • The Veteran in a New Field, 1865, Winslow Homer, American, Link

Homer2

Homer2

  • Flower Garden and Bungalow, Bermuda, 1899, Winslow Homer, American, Link

Ingres

Ingres

  • Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Broglie, 1851–53, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Isfahan1

Isfahan1

  • Mihrab (Prayer Niche), dated A.H. 755/ A.D. 1354–55, From Iran, Isfahan, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Isfahan2

Isfahan2

  • Garden Gathering, 1640–50, From Iran, Isfahan, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Java

Java

  • Skirt, 20th Century, Javanese People, Javanese, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Johnson

Johnson Jitterbugs V, 1941–42, William Henry Johnson, American, Link

  • Colorblind-Friendly

Juarez

Juarez

  • The Entombment of Christ, 1702, Juan Rodríguez Juárez, Mexican, Link

Kandinsky

Kandinsky Kleine Welten IV (Small Worlds IV), 1922, Vasily Kandinsky, French, born Russia, Link

  • Colorblind-Friendly

Klimt

Klimt

  • Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000), 1912-13, Gustav Klimt, Austrian, Link

Lakota

Lakota

  • Dress, 1870, Lakota/Teton Sioux, Native American, Link

Manet

Manet

  • Boating, 1874, Édouard Manet, French, Link

Monet

Monet

  • Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, 1899, Claude Monet, French, Link

Moreau

Moreau

  • Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864, Gustave Moreau, French, Link

Morgenstern

Morgenstern

  • Jungfrau, Mönch, and Eiger, 1851, Carl Morgenstern, German, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Nattier

Nattier

  • Madame Bergeret de Frouville as Diana, 1756, Jean Marc Nattier, French, Link

Navajo

Navajo

  • Serape, 1865–70, Navajo, Link

NewKingdom

NewKingdom

  • Blue-Painted Ibex Amphora from Malqata, ca. 1390–1353 B.C., New Kingdom, Link

Nizami

Nizami

  • "Laila and Majnun in School", Folio 129 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja, A.H. 931/A.D. 1524–25, Nizami, Made in present-day Afghanistan, Herat, Link

OKeeffe1

OKeeffe1

  • From the Faraway, Nearby, 1937, Georgia O'Keeffe, American, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

OKeeffe2

OKeeffe2

  • Red and Yellow Cliffs, 1940, Georgia O'Keeffe, American, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Paquin

Paquin

  • Evening Dress, 1937, House of Paquin by Ana de Pombo, French House, Spanish Designer, Link

Peru1

Peru1

  • Ear Ornament, Winged Runner, A.D. 400–700, Moche, Peruvian, Link

Peru2

Peru2

  • Tunic with Confronting Catfish, A.D. 800–850, Nasca-Wari, Peruvian, Link

Pillement

Pillement

  • A Shipwreck in a Storm, 1782, Jean Pillement, French, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Pissaro

Pissaro

  • Washerwoman, Study, 1880, Camille Pissarro, French, Link

Redon

Redon

  • Pandora, 1914, Odilon Redon, French, Link

Renoir

Renoir

  • Nini in the Garden (Nini Lopez), 1876, Auguste Renoir, French, Link

Signac

Signac

  • Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde (La Bonne-Mère), Marseilles, 1905-06, Paul Signac, French, Link

Tam

Tam

  • Dragon Robe, 1998, Vivienne Tam, American, born China, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Tara

Tara

  • Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion, 1845–46, Tara, Western India, Rajasthan, Mewar, Link

Thomas

Thomas

  • Formes et couleurs: vingt planches en couleurs contenant soixante-sept motifs decoratifs, 1921, Auguste H. Thomas, French, Link

Tiepolo

Tiepolo

  • The Glorification of the Barbaro Family, 1750, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, Link

Troy

Troy

  • The Declaration of Love, 1724, Jean François de Troy, French, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Tsimshian

Tsimshian

  • Headdress frontlet, 1820–40, Tsimshian, Native American (Canadian), Link

VanGogh1

VanGogh1

  • Cypresses, 1889, Vincent van Gogh, Dutch, Link

VanGogh2

VanGogh2

  • Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler), 1887, Vincent van Gogh, Dutch, Link

VanGogh3

VanGogh3

  • First Steps, after Millet, 1890, Vincent van Gogh, Dutch, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Veronese

Veronese

  • Mars and Venus United by Love, 1570s, Paolo Veronese, Italian, Link
  • Colorblind-Friendly

Wissing

Wissing

  • Portrait of a Woman, 1687, Willem Wissing, Dutch, Link

Functions

You can retrieve palettes using various methods listed below.

met_brew(name="VanGogh1", n=7, brew_type="discrete")

Ex1

met_brew(name="Manet", n=5)

Ex2

met_brew("Morgenstern")

Ex3

met_brew("Troy", n=15, brew_type="continuous")

Ex4

met_brew("Hokusai1", n=100, brew_type="continuous")

Ex5

ggplot2 Examples

Here are also some ways you can incorporate this package into {ggplot2}

Ex6

Ex7

Ex8

Ex9

Colorblind Friendly Checking

The package has been updated to check for colorblind-friendlyness You can list out the colorblind-friendly palettes with the following code

Python
for palette_name, palette_dict in COLORBLIND_PALETTES.items():
    print(palette_name)

[1] Cassatt1, Cassatt2, Derain, Egypt, Greek, Hiroshige, Hokusai2, Hokusai3, Ingres
[2] Isfahan1, Isfahan2, Morgenstern, OKeeffe1, OKeeffe2, Pillement, Troy, VanGogh3, Veronese

You can also test if a palette is colorblind friendly using the function provided

is_colorblind_friendly("Ingres")
[1] True

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