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Help:Distinguishable colors

For purposes of Lua and Template coding, it is often helpful to have a set of colors each of which can readily be distinguished from one another. (For example Module talk:ImportProtein/Src (gene) needs such a set) Some sources for such color sets were cited on a StackExchange forum:{{cite web|url=http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/3682/large-color-set-for-coloring-of-many-datasets-on-a-plot|title=Large color set for coloring of many datasets on a plot}}

26 colors for the Colour Alphabet Project:

The 2010 Colour Alphabet Project proposed 26 "letters" coded by colors, which they stated to be near the maximum number reliably distinguishable. Many of their colors closely resembled Kelly's 22 color set.{{cite journal|url=http://eleanormaclure.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/colour-coding.pdf|author=P. Green-Armytage|year=2010|title=A Colour Alphabet and the Limits of Colour Coding|journal=Colour: Design & Creativity|volume=5|issue=10|pages=1-23}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!Decimal

!Hex code

!Sample

!Name

{255,255,255}

|#FFFFFF

|{{color sample|#FFFFFF}}

|(white background assumed)

{240,163,255}

|#F0A3FF

|{{color sample|#F0A3FF}}

|Amethyst

{0,117,220}

|#0075DC

|{{color sample|#0075DC}}

|Blue

{153,63,0}

|#993F00

|{{color sample|#993F00}}

|Caramel

{76,0,92}

|#4C005C

|{{color sample|#4C005C}}

|Damson

{25,25,25}

|#191919

|{{color sample|#191919}}

|Ebony

{0,92,49}

|#005C31

|{{color sample|#005C31}}

|Forest

{43,206,72}

|#2BCE48

|{{color sample|#2BCE48}}

|Green

{255,204,153}

|#FFCC99

|{{color sample|#FFCC99}}

|Honeydew

{128,128,128}

|#808080

|{{color sample|#808080}}

|Iron

{148,255,181}

|#94FFB5

|{{color sample|#94FFB5}}

|Jade

{143,124,0}

|#8F7C00

|{{color sample|#8F7C00}}

|Khaki

{157,204,0}

|#9DCC00

|{{color sample|#9DCC00}}

|Lime

{194,0,136}

|#C20088

|{{color sample|#C20088}}

|Mallow

{0,51,128}

|#003380

|{{color sample|#003380}}

|Navy

{255,164,5}

|#FFA405

|{{color sample|#FFA405}}

|Orpiment

{255,168,187}

|#FFA8BB

|{{color sample|#FFA8BB}}

|Pink

{66,102,0}

|#426600

|{{color sample|#426600}}

|Quagmire

{255,0,16}

|#FF0010

|{{color sample|#FF0010}}

|Red

{94,241,242}

|#5EF1F2

|{{color sample|#5EF1F2}}

|Sky

{0,153,143}

|#00998F

|{{color sample|#00998F}}

|Turquoise

{224,255,102}

|#E0FF66

|{{color sample|#E0FF66}}

|Uranium

{116,10,255}

|#740AFF

|{{color sample|#740AFF}}

|Violet

{153,0,0}

|#990000

|{{color sample|#990000}}

|Wine

{255,255,128}

|#FFFF80

|{{color sample|#FFFF80}}

|Xanthin

{255,225,0}

|#FFE100

|{{color sample|#FFE100}}

|Yellow

{255,80,5}

|#FF5005

|{{color sample|#FF5005}}

|Zinnia

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