After all the talk, I thought I really should add a few examples....
The data in these isn't a real example, but it's representative of the type of things I've been working on
Well I like them anyway :)
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing;
namespace SlodgeRoutesTools
{
public class ColorProvider
{
readonly ListmyColors = null;
int myCurrent = -1;
public ListColors
{
get
{
return myColors;
}
}
public void Reset()
{
myCurrent = -1;
}
public Color GetNextColor()
{
myCurrent++;
myCurrent %= myColors.Count;
return myColors[myCurrent];
}
public ColorProvider(Listcolors)
{
myColors = colors;
}
public static ColorProvider GetColorProvider()
{
return GetColorProvider(ColorProviderPalette.Default);
}
public static ColorProvider GetColorProvider(ColorProviderPalette palette)
{
return new ColorProvider(GetColors(palette));
}
public enum ColorProviderPalette
{
Default,
Pastel,
Berry,
Fire,
SeaGreen,
EarthTones,
Excel,
GrayScale,
Chocolate,
Special,
Light
}
private static ListGetColors(ColorProviderPalette palette)
{
switch (palette)
{
case ColorProviderPalette.Pastel:
return new List()
{
// pastel
Color.FromArgb(255, 135, 206, 235),
Color.FromArgb(255, 50, 205, 50),
Color.FromArgb(255, 186, 85, 211),
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 128, 128),
Color.FromArgb(255, 70, 130, 180),
Color.FromArgb(255, 154, 205, 50),
Color.FromArgb(255, 64, 224, 208),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 105, 180),
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 230, 140),
Color.FromArgb(255, 210, 180, 140),
Color.FromArgb(255, 143, 188, 139),
Color.FromArgb(255, 100, 149, 237),
Color.FromArgb(255, 221, 160, 221),
Color.FromArgb(255, 95, 158, 160),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 218, 185),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 160, 122)
};
case ColorProviderPalette.Special:
return new List()
{
// special - was originally Dundas
Color.FromArgb(255, 65, 140, 240),
Color.FromArgb(255, 252, 180, 65),
Color.FromArgb(255, 224, 64, 10),
Color.FromArgb(255, 5, 100, 146),
Color.FromArgb(255, 191, 191, 191),
Color.FromArgb(255, 26, 59, 105),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 227, 130),
Color.FromArgb(255, 18, 156, 221),
Color.FromArgb(255, 202, 107, 75),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 92, 219),
Color.FromArgb(255, 243, 210, 136),
Color.FromArgb(255, 80, 99, 129),
Color.FromArgb(255, 241, 185, 168),
Color.FromArgb(255, 224, 131, 10),
Color.FromArgb(255, 120, 147, 190)
};
case ColorProviderPalette.EarthTones:
return new List()
{
// earth tones
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 128, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 184, 134, 11),
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 64, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 107, 142, 35),
Color.FromArgb(255, 205, 133, 63),
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 192, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 34, 139, 34),
Color.FromArgb(255, 210, 105, 30),
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 128, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 32, 178, 170),
Color.FromArgb(255, 244, 164, 96),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 192, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 143, 188, 139),
Color.FromArgb(255, 178, 34, 34),
Color.FromArgb(255, 139, 69, 19),
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 0, 0),
};
case ColorProviderPalette.Excel:
return new List()
{
// excel
Color.FromArgb(255, 153, 153, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 153, 51, 102),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 255, 204),
Color.FromArgb(255, 204, 255, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 102, 0, 102),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 128, 128),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 102, 204),
Color.FromArgb(255, 204, 204, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 128),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 0, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 255, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 255, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 0, 128),
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 0, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 128, 128),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 255)
};
case ColorProviderPalette.GrayScale:
return new List()
{
// grayscale
Color.FromArgb(255, 189, 189, 189),
Color.FromArgb(255, 178, 178, 178),
Color.FromArgb(255, 167, 167, 167),
Color.FromArgb(255, 156, 156, 156),
Color.FromArgb(255, 145, 145, 145),
Color.FromArgb(255, 134, 134, 134),
Color.FromArgb(255, 123, 123, 123),
Color.FromArgb(255, 112, 112, 112),
Color.FromArgb(255, 101, 101, 101),
Color.FromArgb(255, 90, 90, 90),
Color.FromArgb(255, 79, 79, 79),
Color.FromArgb(255, 68, 68, 68),
Color.FromArgb(255, 57, 57, 57),
Color.FromArgb(255, 46, 46, 46),
Color.FromArgb(255, 35, 35, 35)
};
case ColorProviderPalette.Light:
return new List()
{
// light
Color.FromArgb(255, 230, 230, 250),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 240, 245),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 218, 185),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 250, 205),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 228, 225),
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 255, 240),
Color.FromArgb(255, 240, 248, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 245, 245, 245),
Color.FromArgb(255, 250, 235, 215),
Color.FromArgb(255, 224, 255, 255)
};
case ColorProviderPalette.SeaGreen:
return new List()
{
// seaGreen
Color.FromArgb(255, 46, 139, 87),
Color.FromArgb(255, 102, 205, 170),
Color.FromArgb(255, 70, 130, 180),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 139, 139),
Color.FromArgb(255, 95, 158, 160),
Color.FromArgb(255, 60, 179, 113),
Color.FromArgb(255, 72, 209, 204),
Color.FromArgb(255, 176, 196, 222),
Color.FromArgb(255, 143, 188, 139),
Color.FromArgb(255, 135, 206, 235)
};
case ColorProviderPalette.Berry:
return new List()
{
// berry
Color.FromArgb(255, 138, 43, 226),
Color.FromArgb(255, 186, 85, 211),
Color.FromArgb(255, 65, 105, 225),
Color.FromArgb(255, 199, 21, 133),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 138, 43, 226),
Color.FromArgb(255, 218, 112, 214),
Color.FromArgb(255, 123, 104, 238),
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 0, 192),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 205),
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 0, 128)
};
case ColorProviderPalette.Fire:
return new List()
{
// fire
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 215, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 0, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 20, 147),
Color.FromArgb(255, 220, 20, 60),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 140, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 0, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 255, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 69, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 199, 21, 133),
Color.FromArgb(255, 221, 226, 33)
};
case ColorProviderPalette.Chocolate:
return new List()
{
// chocolate
Color.FromArgb(255, 160, 82, 45),
Color.FromArgb(255, 210, 105, 30),
Color.FromArgb(255, 139, 0, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 205, 133, 63),
Color.FromArgb(255, 165, 42, 42),
Color.FromArgb(255, 244, 164, 96),
Color.FromArgb(255, 139, 69, 19),
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 64, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 178, 34, 34),
Color.FromArgb(255, 182, 92, 58)
};
case ColorProviderPalette.Default:
default:
return new List()
{
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 128, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 0, 128),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 255, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 0, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 128, 128),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 255, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 128, 128),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 255, 255),
Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 0, 128),
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 0, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 0, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 128, 128, 0),
Color.FromArgb(255, 192, 192, 192),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 99, 71),
Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 228, 181)
};
}
}
}
}