[thelist] How to Make a Set of Different Random Colors
Fred Jones
fredthejonester at gmail.com
Thu Aug 14 09:06:48 CDT 2008
> I see two approaches. Let's start with the 'easy' one. Let's say you need to chart a maximum of 15 different pie slices. (I'm pretty sure Tufte would say that's too many - but eh, whatcha gonna do?) Go into your favorite color picking application and select your favorite 40-ish eyebleeding shades and load those into a small table indexed on some numeric id field. Now mod your app to randomly select numbers from 1 to 40 and pull the color values out of this small table. You will always get colors you like (or colors you evilly pre-selected specifically to give your CEO a migraine) and they will appear 'random' enough to keep your audience smiling. Done.
Ah, low-tech solution. But it's perfect! I will do this.
Thanks
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