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Function: createQualitativeScale()

createQualitativeScale(numberOfColors): Color[]

Creates a qualitative color scale.

This function generates a set of distinct colors that are easily distinguishable from each other, which is useful for representing categorical data.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
numberOfColorsnumberThe number of distinct colors to generate.

Returns

Color[]

An array of distinct Color objects.

Example

const categoricalColors = createQualitativeScale(5);
// Returns an array of 5 distinct Color objects

Defined in

scales/components/qualitative-scale.ts:18