University of Wisconsin Colour Palette

The University of Wisconsin colour palette to easily construct plots. There are three colour palettes based on the colour information found at https://brand.wisc.edu/print/colors/. The University of Wisconsin colour palette is available in CMYK and was converted to Hex using https://colordesigner.io/convert/cmyktohex.

All colours within theHUB are defined using hex-codes (also known as "web") values.

• wisc.badgerRed (Badger/Cardinal Red; Primary Colour) Hex: "#da004c"

• wisc.white (corresponding colour to wisc.badgerRed) Hex: "#ffffff"

• wisc.badgerRedTints: Ten tints of wisc.badgerRed including "#18453b" from https://color-hex.com/color/da004c

• wisc.heatmap.20: Twenty tints of University of Wisconsin Badger Red to the lightest tint in wisc.badgerRed

• wisc.heatmap.100: One-hundred tints of University of Wisconsin Badger Red to the lightest tint in wisc.badgerRed https://www.color-hex.com/color/da004c

• wisc.secondary: The six colours of University of Wisconsin's secondary colour palette

  • dark red "#a1002f"

  • deep red (magenta) "#8b0037"

  • grey10 "#e6e6e6"

  • grey30 "#b3b3b3"

  • grey55 "#737373"

  • black "#000000"

• wisc.accent: The six colours of University of Wisconsin's accent colour palette

  • orange "#ff8000"

  • orange-yellow "#ffbf00"

  • tan "#e8dfa7"

  • avocado green "#97b85f"

  • blue-grey "#6b9999"

  • dark teal "#386666"

Usage

wisc.badgerRed

wisc.white

wisc.badgerRedTints

wisc.secondary

wisc.accent

wisc.heatmap.20

wisc.heatmap.100

Format

A vector with the colours of interest.

An object of class character of length 1.

An object of class character of length 10.

An object of class character of length 6.

An object of class character of length 6.

An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 22 rows and 3 columns.

An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 101 rows and 2 columns.

Source

University of Wisconsin's Brand website: https://brand.wisc.edu/print/colors/

Functions

• wisc.white: corresponding colour to wisc.badgerRed

• wisc.badgerRedTints: Ten tints of wisc.badgerRed including "#da004c"

• wisc.secondary: The six secondary colours of the University of Wisconsin's color palette

• wisc.accent: The six accent colours of the University of Wisconsin's color palette

• wisc.heatmap.20: Twenty tints of Twenty tints of the University of Wisconsin Badger Red to the lightest tint in wisc.badgerRedTints

• wisc.heatmap.100: One-hundred tints of Twenty tints of the University of Wisconsin Badger Red to the lightest tint in wisc.badgerRedTints

Author

Emilio Xavier Esposito emilio.esposito@gmail.com (https://github.com/emilioxavier)