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66<P>
67<b><font size=+6><FONT COLOR="#CC0000">planck_colors</FONT></font></b><hr>
68<H3>This IDL facility provides RGB color tables suitable for visualization of
69sky maps dominated by CMB or featuring foreground, and modify current color
70table.
71Those color tables can then be implemented in
72<A HREF="idl_cartview.htm#idl:cartview">cartview</A>,
73<A HREF="idl_gnomview.htm#idl:gnomview">gnomview</A>,
74<A HREF="idl_mollview.htm#idl:mollview">mollview</A> or
75<A HREF="idl_orthview.htm#idl:orthview">orthview</A> and were used in Planck 2013 publications</H3>
76Location in HEALPix directory tree: <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/healpix/code/1005/tree/trunk/src/idl/visu/planck_colors.pro"><b>src/idl/visu/planck_colors.pro</b></a>&nbsp;
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78<P>
79<hr><h1>FORMAT </h1><h3>IDL>
80PLANCK_COLORS,
81<A HREF="#idl:planck_colors:option">option</A>, [<A HREF="#idl:planck_colors:get">GET=rgb</A>,
82<A HREF="#idl:planck_colors:help">/HELP</A>,
83<A HREF="#idl:planck_colors:show">/SHOW</A>]
84</h3>
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87<hr>
88<H1>QUALIFIERS</H1>
89
90  <DL COMPACT><DT>
91<B>option</B>
92<DD><A ID="idl:planck_colors:option"></A> required input for color
93table generation, must be either 1 or 2:
94<BR>
951: creates the 'parchment' Blue-red color table suitable for  maps
96         dominated by Gaussian signal (eg, CMB)
97<BR>
982: creates a Blue-red-white color table suitable for maps with
99         high dynamic signal (eg, Galactic foreground)
100  </DL>
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102<P>
103<hr><H1>KEYWORDS</H1>
104
105  <DL COMPACT><DT>
106<B>GET=rgb</B>
107<DD><A ID="idl:planck_colors:get"></A> optional ouput, contains the newly created RGB color table
108     in a [256, 3] array
109
110<P>
111<DT>
112<B>/HELP</B>
113<DD><A ID="idl:planck_colors:help"></A> if set, prints extended help
114
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116<DT>
117<B>/SHOW</B>
118<DD><A ID="idl:planck_colors:show"></A> if set, the chosen color
119table is shown in a new window
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122</DL>
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126<H1>DESCRIPTION</H1>
127<blockquote>
128<FONT COLOR="#CC0000">planck_colors</FONT> creates a set of RGB color tables suitable for specific purpose, and
129modify the current IDL color table accordingly (using TVLCT). See below the example
130applications. The created color table can also be output as a 256*3 array, or
131shown in a new window
132</blockquote>
133
134<P>
135<hr><H1>RELATED ROUTINES</H1><h3>This section lists the routines related to <b><FONT COLOR="#CC0000">planck_colors</FONT></b></h3>
136
137  <DL COMPACT><DT>
138<B>idl</B>
139<DD>version 6.4 or more is necessary to run <FONT COLOR="#CC0000">planck_colors</FONT>.
140    <DT>
141<B><A HREF="idl_cartview.htm#idl:cartview">cartview</A>, <A HREF="idl_gnomview.htm#idl:gnomview">gnomview</A></B>
142<DD><DT>
143<B><A HREF="idl_mollview.htm#idl:mollview">mollview</A>, <A HREF="idl_orthview.htm#idl:orthview">orthview</A></B>
144<DD>visualization routines that can make use of the color tables created in
145<FONT COLOR="#CC0000">planck_colors</FONT>  (via keyword <A HREF="idl_mollview.htm#idl:mollview:colt"><TT>colt</TT></A>)
146    <DT>
147<B>loadct</B>
148<DD>IDL routine to set current color table to one of the
149predefined IDL color tables (thus reverting the effect of <FONT COLOR="#CC0000">planck_colors</FONT>).
150  </DL>
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152<P>
153<HR><H1>EXAMPLE:</H1>
154<tt><TABLE CELLPADDING=3>
155<TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT COLOR="#CC0000">planck_colors</FONT>, 1, /show</TD>
156</TR>
157<TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT COLOR="#CC0000">planck_colors</FONT>, 2, /show</TD>
158</TR>
159</TABLE></tt>
160<blockquote>Create and show the two color tables (see Fig.&nbsp;<A HREF="#fig:planck_colors1">6</A> on page&nbsp;<A HREF="idl_planck_colors.htm#page:planck_colors1"><IMG  ALT="[*]" SRC="crossref.png"></A>)</blockquote>
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164<CAPTION class="BOTTOM"><STRONG>Figure:</STRONG>
165Illustration of the color tables created by <FONT COLOR="#CC0000">planck_colors</FONT>.</CAPTION>
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