Re: retrieve named colors

Hi Saji-
I didn't have any luck with that resource.

In the example, the colors are specified with numbers. Are those numbers
directly associated with the colors from the colormap (eg Where 0 is the
first color in that colormap, or does it refer to the color "0"?)

jimmyc

On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Saji Hameed <saji.nh@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi James,
>
> You should use cnLineColors
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Graphics/Resources/cn.shtml#cnFillColors
>
> See the example below that explicitly assigns color levels for each
> contour.
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Scripts/conLev_3.ncl
>
> saji
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:35 AM, James Correia <jimmyc42@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi-
> > I am trying to use the existing colors in my colormap to color specific
> > contours in my contour plot. How do I assign the value for col(q) in the
> > example below? Or should I be using the gsnSpreadColorStart (and End) to
> use
> > the different colors individually for each specific contour?
> >
> > colors=(/"white","black","white","blue"/)
> > gsn_merge_colormaps(wks,colors,"radar")
> >
> > res@cnLineColor = col(q)
> >
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